Mechanical Engineering at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

If you plan to study mechanical engineering, take a look at what University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UIUC is located in Champaign, Illinois and approximately 52,679 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Mechanical Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

UIUC Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in ME
• Master’s Degree in ME

UIUC Mechanical Engineering Rankings

The me major at UIUC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Mechanical Engineering. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

There were 29 students who received their doctoral degrees in me, making the school the #11 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

ME Student Demographics at UIUC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the me majors at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

UIUC Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 75% of me bachelor's degrees went to men and 25% went to women. The typical me bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% women. So female students are more repesented at UIUC since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% more racial-ethnic minorities in its me bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a bachelor's in me.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	45
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	31
White	78
International Students	60
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

UIUC Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 86% of me master's degrees went to men and 14% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a master's in me.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	19
International Students	37
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Mechanical Engineering

If you plan to be a me major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Mechanical Engineering	300

Related Majors

• General Engineering
• Engineering Mechanics
• Nuclear Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Operations Research

Careers That ME Grads May Go Into

A degree in me can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IL, the home state for University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Mechanical Engineers	17,320	$92,030
Architectural and Engineering Managers	9,760	$136,270
Cost Estimators	5,600	$66,480
Engineering Professors	1,330	$114,010

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Beyond My ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.