Mechanical Engineering at Wilkes University

What traits are you looking for in a ME school? To help you decide if Wilkes University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's ME program.

Wilkes is located in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania and approximately 4,781 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 43 students received a bachelor's degree in ME from Wilkes.

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.

Wilkes Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

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

Wilkes Mechanical Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the ME progam at Wilkes 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 Wilkes 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	109
Best Value Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	121
Most Focused Mechanical Engineering Schools	123
	155
Most Focused Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	184
Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	216
Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Schools	251
Best Value Mechanical Engineering Schools	260

In 2021, 2 students received their master’s degree in ME from Wilkes. This makes it the #217 most popular school for ME master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of Wilkes ME Graduates

The median salary of ME students who receive their bachelor's degree at Wilkes is $61,200. This is less than $65,190, which is the national average of all ME majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

ME Student Demographics at Wilkes

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the ME majors at Wilkes University.

Wilkes Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 43 ME students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Wilkes, about 93% were men and 7% were women.

About 58% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ME at Wilkes are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	25
International Students	13
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Wilkes Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

The ME program at Wilkes awarded 2 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 50% of these degrees went to men with the other 50% going to women.

Of the students who received a ME master's degree from Wilkes, 100% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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

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

Related Majors

• Biomedical Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Environmental 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 PA, the home state for Wilkes University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Mechanical Engineers	16,590	$85,740
Cost Estimators	8,610	$67,330
Architectural and Engineering Managers	7,220	$150,400
Engineering Professors	2,950	$114,870
Aerospace Engineers	940	$108,300

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 Jrmski under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.