General Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University

What traits are you looking for in a general mechanical engineering school? To help you decide if Virginia Commonwealth University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's general mechanical engineering program.

VCU is located in Richmond, Virginia and has a total student population of 29,070.

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.

VCU General Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Mechanical Engineering

VCU General Mechanical Engineering Rankings

The general mechanical engineering major at VCU 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.

General Mechanical Engineering Student Demographics at VCU

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

VCU General Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 79% of general mechanical engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 21% 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 VCU since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

About 58% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general mechanical engineering at VCU are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% 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 Virginia Commonwealth University with a bachelor's in general mechanical engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	56
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

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 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
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