Mechanical Engineering at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

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

UNM is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and has a total student population of 22,311. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 77 students received a bachelor's degree in ME from UNM.

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.

UNM Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

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

UNM Mechanical Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the ME progam at UNM compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The ME major at UNM 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	97
Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	153
Best Value Mechanical Engineering Schools	218

In 2021, 27 students received their master’s degree in ME from UNM. This makes it the #76 most popular school for ME master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do ME Graduates from UNM Make?

The median salary of ME students who receive their bachelor's degree at UNM is $60,481. This is less than $65,190, which is the national average of all ME majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

ME Student Demographics at UNM

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the ME majors at University of New Mexico - Main Campus.

UNM Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 77 students earned a bachelor's degree in ME from UNM. About 16% of these graduates were women and the other 84% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 19% 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 New Mexico - Main Campus with a bachelor's in ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	27
White	32
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

UNM Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 27 ME students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UNM, about 85% were men and 15% were women.

Of the students who received a ME master's degree from UNM, 56% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the ME master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 37% of degree recipients. That is 10% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of New Mexico - Main Campus with a master's in ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	15
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• Construction Engineering
• Engineering Science
• Biomedical Engineering
• Nuclear 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 NM, the home state for University of New Mexico - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in NM	Average Salary in NM
Architectural and Engineering Managers	1,590	$163,260
Mechanical Engineers	1,290	$110,210
Cost Estimators	1,010	$59,580
Aerospace Engineers	700	$114,340

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 PerryPlanet under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.