Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Military Institute

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

VMI is located in Lexington, Virginia and has a total student population of 1,698. Of the 413 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Virginia Military Institute in 2021, 41 of them were mechanical engineering majors.

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.

VMI Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in ME

VMI Mechanical Engineering Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The ME major at VMI 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	21
Most Focused Mechanical Engineering Schools	23
Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	248
Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Schools	257

Earnings of VMI ME Graduates

The median salary of ME students who receive their bachelor's degree at VMI is $41,215. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $65,190 for all ME students.

ME Student Demographics at VMI

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

VMI Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 41 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in ME from VMI in 2021, 95% were men and 5% were women.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ME at VMI 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 Virginia Military Institute with a bachelor's in ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	33
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

VMI 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

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 Military Institute.

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 Kbog under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.