Mechanical Engineering at Wentworth Institute of Technology

If you are interested in studying mechanical engineering, you may want to check out the program at Wentworth Institute of Technology. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

WIT is located in Boston, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 4,389. In 2021, 127 ME majors received their bachelor's degree from WIT.

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.

WIT Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in ME

WIT Mechanical Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the ME progam at WIT 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 WIT 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	12
Most Focused Mechanical Engineering Schools	17
	24
	25
Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	107
Best Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	159

How Much Do ME Graduates from WIT Make?

The median salary of ME students who receive their bachelor's degree at WIT is $71,722. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 10% higher than the national average of $65,190 for all ME bachelor's degree recipients.

ME Student Demographics at WIT

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

WIT Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 85% of ME bachelor's degrees went to men and 15% went to women.

About 72% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ME at WIT 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 Wentworth Institute of Technology with a bachelor's in ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	92
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

WIT also has a doctoral program available in ME. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• General Engineering
• Electromechanical Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Biomedical 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 MA, the home state for Wentworth Institute of Technology.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Mechanical Engineers	9,130	$98,190
Architectural and Engineering Managers	8,190	$156,250
Cost Estimators	6,030	$77,670
Engineering Professors	1,880	$135,140
Aerospace Engineers	630	$119,700

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.