Engineering Mechanics at Virginia Tech

22% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

Every engineering mechanics school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the engineering mechanics program at Virginia Tech stacks up to those at other schools.

Virginia Tech is located in Blacksburg, Virginia and has a total student population of 37,024.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Engineering Mechanics section at the bottom of this page.

Virginia Tech Engineering Mechanics Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering Mechanics
Master’s Degree in Engineering Mechanics

Virginia Tech Engineering Mechanics Rankings

The engineering mechanics major at Virginia Tech is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering Mechanics. 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.

There were 10 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering mechanics, making the school the #2 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Mechanics Student Demographics at Virginia Tech

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the engineering mechanics majors at Virginia Tech.

Virginia Tech Engineering Mechanics Bachelor’s Program

22% Women

22% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 78% of engineering mechanics bachelor's degrees went to men and 22% went to women. The typical engineering mechanics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 16% women. So female students are more repesented at Virginia Tech since its program graduates 6% more women than average.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering mechanics at Virginia Tech are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% more racial-ethnic minorities in its engineering mechanics bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Virginia Tech with a bachelor's in engineering mechanics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	5
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Virginia Tech Engineering Mechanics Master’s Program

20% Women

40% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 80% of engineering mechanics master's degrees went to men and 20% went to women.

In the engineering mechanics master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 40% of degree recipients. That is 21% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Virginia Tech with a master's in engineering mechanics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Engineering Mechanics

The following engineering mechanics concentations are available at Virginia Tech. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Virginia Tech. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Engineering Mechanics	48

Careers That Engineering Mechanics Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering mechanics 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 Tech.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Engineers	4,190	$118,390
Architectural and Engineering Managers	4,030	$164,300

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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