General Mechanical Engineering at Western Kentucky University

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

WKU is located in Bowling Green, Kentucky and approximately 17,517 students attend the school each year.

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

WKU General Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Mechanical Engineering

WKU General Mechanical Engineering Rankings

The general mechanical engineering major at WKU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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.

General Mechanical Engineering Student Demographics at WKU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the general mechanical engineering majors at Western Kentucky University.

WKU General Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 73% of general mechanical engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 27% went to women. The typical general mechanical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% women. So female students are more repesented at WKU since its program graduates 9% more women than average.

About 91% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general mechanical engineering at WKU 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 Western Kentucky University with a bachelor's in general mechanical engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	30
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Careers That General Mechanical Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in general mechanical engineering can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for KY, the home state for Western Kentucky University.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Mechanical Engineers	4,000	$84,380
Architectural and Engineering Managers	1,940	$117,490
Cost Estimators	1,790	$65,460
Engineering Professors	170	$80,500
Aerospace Engineers	150	$98,650

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 OPMaster under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.