Mechanical Engineering at University of Pennsylvania

What traits are you looking for in a ME school? To help you decide if University of Pennsylvania is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's ME program.

UPenn is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and approximately 26,552 students attend the school each year. Of the 3,499 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Pennsylvania in 2021, 62 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.

UPenn Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

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

UPenn Mechanical Engineering Rankings

The ME major at UPenn 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.

In 2021, 76 students received their master’s degree in ME from UPenn. This makes it the #24 most popular school for ME master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 9 students who received their doctoral degrees in ME, making the school the #59 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do ME Graduates from UPenn Make?

The median salary of ME students who receive their bachelor's degree at UPenn is $78,166. This is 20% higher than $65,190, which is the national average for all ME bachelor's degree recipients.

ME Student Demographics at UPenn

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

UPenn Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 71% of ME bachelor's degrees went to men and 29% went to women. The typical ME bachelor's degree program is made up of only 17% women. So female students are more repesented at UPenn since its program graduates 12% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% 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 Pennsylvania with a bachelor's in ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	29
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UPenn Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 76 students who graduated with a master’s in ME from UPenn in 2021, 74% were men and 26% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	16
International Students	42
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UPenn also has a doctoral program available in ME. In 2021, 9 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Other Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Systems 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 PA, the home state for University of Pennsylvania.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Mechanical Engineers	16,590	$85,740
Cost Estimators	8,610	$67,330
Architectural and Engineering Managers	7,220	$150,400
Engineering Professors	2,950	$114,870
Aerospace Engineers	940	$108,300

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 WestCoastivieS under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.