Mechanical Engineering at University of Mississippi

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

Ole Miss is located in University, Mississippi and has a total student population of 21,014. Of the 4,480 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Mississippi in 2021, 88 of them were mechanical engineering majors.

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.

Ole Miss Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in ME

Ole Miss Mechanical Engineering Rankings

The ME major at Ole Miss 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.

How Much Do ME Graduates from Ole Miss Make?

The median salary of ME students who receive their bachelor's degree at Ole Miss is $62,284. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $65,190 for all ME students.

ME Student Demographics at Ole Miss

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the ME majors at University of Mississippi.

Ole Miss Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

The ME program at Ole Miss awarded 88 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 80% of these degrees went to men with the other 20% going to women. The typical ME bachelor's degree program is made up of only 17% women. So female students are more repesented at Ole Miss since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

About 68% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ME at Ole Miss are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Mississippi with a bachelor's in ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	60
International Students	16
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Ole Miss also has a doctoral program available in ME. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Computer Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Geoscience Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• General Engineering

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 MS, the home state for University of Mississippi.

Occupation	Jobs in MS	Average Salary in MS
Cost Estimators	1,120	$60,360
Mechanical Engineers	1,110	$85,570
Architectural and Engineering Managers	890	$122,550
Engineering Professors	190	$102,730
Aerospace Engineers	90	$110,760

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 Dudemanfellabra under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.