General Mechanical Engineering at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

If you plan to study general 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 has a total student population of 52,679.

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

UIUC General Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Mechanical Engineering
• Master’s Degree in General Mechanical Engineering

UIUC General Mechanical Engineering Rankings

The general mechanical engineering major at UIUC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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 general mechanical engineering, making the school the #11 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

General Mechanical Engineering Student Demographics at UIUC

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

UIUC General Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 75% of general mechanical engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 25% went to women. The typical general mechanical engineering 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 general mechanical engineering 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 general mechanical engineering.

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 General Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 86% of general mechanical engineering 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 general mechanical engineering.

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

Careers That General Mechanical Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in general mechanical engineering 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

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