Mechanical Engineering at Washington University in St Louis

If you are interested in studying mechanical engineering, you may want to check out the program at Washington University in St Louis. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

WUSTL is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and has a total student population of 15,449. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 94 students received a bachelor's degree in ME from WUSTL.

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.

WUSTL Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in ME
• Master’s Degree in ME
• Doctorate Degree in ME

WUSTL Mechanical Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the ME progam at WUSTL 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 ME major at WUSTL 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
Best Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	37
Most Focused Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	39
Most Focused Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	54
	60
Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Schools	111
Best Value Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	114
Most Focused Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	231

In 2021, 53 students received their master’s degree in ME from WUSTL. This makes it the #46 most popular school for ME master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 9 students who received their doctoral degrees in ME, making the school the #59 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of WUSTL ME Graduates

The median salary of ME students who receive their bachelor's degree at WUSTL is $66,886. This is 3% higher than $65,190, which is the national average for all ME bachelor's degree recipients.

ME Student Demographics at WUSTL

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the ME majors at Washington University in St Louis.

WUSTL Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 94 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from WUSTL in 2020-2021, 77% were men and 23% were women. The typical ME bachelor's degree program is made up of only 17% women. So female students are more repesented at WUSTL since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ME at WUSTL are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% 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 Washington University in St Louis with a bachelor's in ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	54
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

WUSTL Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 53 students who graduated with a master’s in ME from WUSTL in 2021, 85% were men and 15% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Washington University in St Louis with a master's in ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	25
International Students	14
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

WUSTL also has a doctoral program available in ME. In 2021, 9 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Materials Engineering
• Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering
• Construction Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Other 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 MO, the home state for Washington University in St Louis.

Occupation	Jobs in MO	Average Salary in MO
Cost Estimators	4,630	$67,620
Mechanical Engineers	3,100	$85,450
Architectural and Engineering Managers	2,740	$138,520
Aerospace Engineers	1,250	$114,570
Engineering Professors	520	$106,680

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 Bachrach44 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.