General Mechanical Engineering at University of Maryland - College Park

If you are interested in studying general mechanical engineering, you may want to check out the program at University of Maryland - College Park. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UMCP is located in College Park, Maryland and approximately 40,709 students attend the school each year.

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.

UMCP General Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

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

UMCP General Mechanical Engineering Rankings

The general mechanical engineering major at UMCP 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 25 students who received their doctoral degrees in general mechanical engineering, making the school the #16 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

General Mechanical Engineering Student Demographics at UMCP

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the general mechanical engineering majors at University of Maryland - College Park.

UMCP General Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 76% of general mechanical engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 24% 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 UMCP since its program graduates 6% more women than average.

About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general mechanical engineering at UMCP are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. 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 Maryland - College Park with a bachelor's in general mechanical engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	51
Black or African American	22
Hispanic or Latino	31
White	181
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	34

UMCP General Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of general mechanical engineering master's degrees went to men and 0% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Maryland - College Park with a master's in general mechanical engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 MD, the home state for University of Maryland - College Park.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Mechanical Engineers	5,670	$109,960
Architectural and Engineering Managers	5,010	$145,470
Cost Estimators	4,390	$71,650
Aerospace Engineers	2,890	$127,330
Engineering Professors	890	$117,160

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 Bgervais under License

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