Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University

If you plan to study mechanical engineering, take a look at what Virginia Commonwealth University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

VCU is located in Richmond, Virginia and approximately 29,070 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 106 students received a bachelor's degree in ME from VCU.

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.

VCU Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in ME

VCU Mechanical Engineering Rankings

The ME major at VCU 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.

How Much Do ME Graduates from VCU Make?

The median salary of ME students who receive their bachelor's degree at VCU is $62,311. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $65,190 for all ME students.

ME Student Demographics at VCU

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

VCU Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 106 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from VCU in 2020-2021, 85% were men and 15% were women.

About 61% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ME at VCU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% 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 Virginia Commonwealth University with a bachelor's in ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	65
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

VCU 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
• Other Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Chemical 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 VA, the home state for Virginia Commonwealth University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Cost Estimators	9,220	$74,160
Mechanical Engineers	7,590	$100,540
Architectural and Engineering Managers	4,030	$164,300
Aerospace Engineers	2,060	$127,390

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 user:mentes under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.