Mechanical Engineering at University of the Pacific

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

Pacific is located in Stockton, California and has a total student population of 6,263. In 2021, 15 ME majors received their bachelor's degree from Pacific.

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.

Pacific Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in ME

Pacific Mechanical Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks ME programs across the country. The following shows how Pacific 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 Pacific 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
	196
	199
Most Focused Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	322
Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	325
Most Focused Mechanical Engineering Schools	345

How Much Do ME Graduates from Pacific Make?

The median salary of ME students who receive their bachelor's degree at Pacific is $63,400. 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 Pacific

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

Pacific Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

The ME program at Pacific awarded 15 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 67% of these degrees went to men with the other 33% going to women. The typical ME bachelor's degree program is made up of only 17% women. So female students are more repesented at Pacific since its program graduates 16% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 26% 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 the Pacific with a bachelor's in ME.

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

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

Related Majors

• Engineering Physics
• Electrical Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• Civil 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 the Pacific.

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 Thias under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.