Mechanical Engineering at University of San Diego

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

USD is located in San Diego, California and approximately 8,861 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,672 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of San Diego in 2021, 60 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.

USD Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in ME

USD Mechanical Engineering Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The ME major at USD 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
	85
Best Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	115
Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	211
Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Schools	229
Most Focused Mechanical Engineering Schools	241

Earnings of USD ME Graduates

The median salary of ME students who receive their bachelor's degree at USD is $67,424. This is 3% higher than $65,190, which is the national average for all ME bachelor's degree recipients.

ME Student Demographics at USD

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

USD Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 60 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in ME from USD in 2021, 75% were men and 25% were women. The typical ME bachelor's degree program is made up of only 17% women. So female students are more repesented at USD since its program graduates 8% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% 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 San Diego with a bachelor's in ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	26
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

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

Related Majors

• General Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Industrial 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 CA, the home state for University of San Diego.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Architectural and Engineering Managers	31,580	$175,010
Cost Estimators	28,660	$78,190
Mechanical Engineers	27,330	$107,370
Aerospace Engineers	11,440	$125,540
Engineering Professors	2,400	$129,790

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 Walleigh under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.