Mechanical Engineering at Utah Valley University

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

UVU is located in Orem, Utah and approximately 40,936 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 31 students received a bachelor's degree in ME from UVU.

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.

UVU Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in ME

UVU Mechanical Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the ME progam at UVU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 UVU 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
Most Focused Mechanical Engineering Schools	381

ME Student Demographics at UVU

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

UVU Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 31 ME students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UVU, about 84% were men and 16% were women.

About 84% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ME at UVU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	26
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Electrical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• General Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Robotics 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 UT, the home state for Utah Valley University.

Occupation	Jobs in UT	Average Salary in UT
Mechanical Engineers	3,600	$88,150
Cost Estimators	2,680	$65,940
Architectural and Engineering Managers	2,230	$128,980
Aerospace Engineers	900	$105,320
Engineering Professors	320	$120,110

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 uvuphotos under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.