Mechanical Engineering at University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez

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

UPR Mayaguez is located in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico and has a total student population of 12,825. Of the 1,863 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez in 2021, 185 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.

UPR Mayaguez Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

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

UPR Mayaguez Mechanical Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks ME programs across the country. The following shows how UPR Mayaguez performed in these rankings.

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 UPR Mayaguez 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
Best Value Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	2
Most Focused Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	52
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In 2021, 15 students received their master’s degree in ME from UPR Mayaguez. This makes it the #125 most popular school for ME master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of UPR Mayaguez ME Graduates

The median salary of ME students who receive their bachelor's degree at UPR Mayaguez is $63,460. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $65,190 for all ME students.

ME Student Demographics at UPR Mayaguez

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

UPR Mayaguez Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 185 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from UPR Mayaguez in 2020-2021, 81% were men and 19% were women. The typical ME bachelor's degree program is made up of only 17% women. So female students are more repesented at UPR Mayaguez since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 69% 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 Puerto Rico - Mayaguez with a bachelor's in ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	178
White	0
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

UPR Mayaguez Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 15 students who earned a master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from UPR Mayaguez in 2020-2021, 93% were men and 7% were women.

In the ME master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 73% of degree recipients. That is 46% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	0
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Biomedical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Industrial Engineering
• Electrical 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 PR, the home state for University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez.

Occupation	Jobs in PR	Average Salary in PR

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 NitroPR under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.