General Mechanical Engineering at University of Southern California

Every general mechanical engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the general mechanical engineering program at University of Southern California stacks up to those at other schools.

USC is located in Los Angeles, California and approximately 46,287 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Mechanical Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

USC General Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Mechanical Engineering
• Master’s Degree in General Mechanical Engineering

USC General Mechanical Engineering Rankings

The general mechanical engineering major at USC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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.

There were 7 students who received their doctoral degrees in general mechanical engineering, making the school the #78 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

General Mechanical Engineering Student Demographics at USC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the general mechanical engineering majors at University of Southern California.

USC General Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 76% of general mechanical engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 24% went to women. The typical general mechanical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% women. So female students are more repesented at USC since its program graduates 6% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 24% more racial-ethnic minorities in its general mechanical engineering bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Southern California with a bachelor's in general mechanical engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	22
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	22
White	32
International Students	12
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

USC General Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 81% of general mechanical engineering master's degrees went to men and 19% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Southern California with a master's in general mechanical engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	22
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	24
International Students	74
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Careers That General Mechanical Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in general mechanical engineering 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 Southern California.

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 Original uploader was Padsquad19 at en.wikipedia under License

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