Engineering Mechanics at Virginia Tech

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. In 2021, 34 engineering mechanics majors received their bachelor's degree from Virginia Tech.

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
• Doctorate Degree in Engineering Mechanics

Virginia Tech Engineering Mechanics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the engineering mechanics progam at Virginia Tech compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Engineering Mechanics Schools	2
Most Popular Engineering Mechanics Master’s Degree Schools	2
Most Focused Engineering Mechanics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	2
Most Focused Engineering Mechanics Graduate Certificate Schools	3

In 2021, 4 students received their master’s degree in engineering mechanics from Virginia Tech. This makes it the #2 most popular school for engineering mechanics master’s degree candidates in the country.

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.

How Much Do Engineering Mechanics Graduates from Virginia Tech Make?

The median salary of engineering mechanics students who receive their bachelor's degree at Virginia Tech is $64,144. This is about the same as the yearly salary of allengineering mechanics bachelor's degree recipients across the nation.

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

For the most recent academic year available, 68% of engineering mechanics bachelor's degrees went to men and 32% went to women. The typical engineering mechanics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 17% women. So female students are more repesented at Virginia Tech since its program graduates 15% more women than average.

About 68% 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 9% 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	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	23
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Virginia Tech Engineering Mechanics Master’s Program

Of the 4 students who earned a master's degree in Engineering Mechanics from Virginia Tech in 2020-2021, 100% were men and 0% were women.

Of the students who received a engineering mechanics master's degree from Virginia Tech, 75% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the engineering mechanics master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 25% of degree recipients. That is 5% 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	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Virginia Tech also has a doctoral program available in engineering mechanics. In 2021, 10 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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• Marine Engineering
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• Systems Engineering
• Polymer & Plastics Engineering
• Other Engineering

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
• Image Credit: By Eric T Gunther under License

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