Mechanical Engineering

A program that prepares individuals to apply mathematical and scientific principles to the design, development and operational evaluation of physical systems used in manufacturing and end-product systems used for specific uses, including machine tools, jigs and other manufacturing equipment; stationary power units and appliances; engines; self-propelled vehicles; housings and containers; hydraulic and electric systems for controlling movement; and the integration of computers and remote control with operating systems.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 414 institutions across the United States, with a total of 130628 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

230

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

33,840

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

129

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

7,402

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

1,854

degrees awarded

Other Awards

87,106

awards given

Top Schools for Mechanical Engineering

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN	2,355
2	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA	2,142
3	Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TX	1,899
4	University of Central Florida Orlando, FL	1,479
5	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	1,413
6	University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA	1,389
7	Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ	1,362
8	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA	1,311
9	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	1,275
10	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA	1,260
11	Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI	1,236
12	University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO	1,188
13	Colorado School of Mines Golden, CO	1,149
14	University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD	1,122
15	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	1,107
16	University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA	1,083
17	Iowa State University Ames, IA	1,068
18	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	1,047
19	Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	1,035
20	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA	1,029
21	North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC	1,017
22	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	993
23	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH	969
24	Oregon State University Corvallis, OR	966
25	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA	954
26	University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	939
27	Northeastern University Boston, MA	936
28	Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ	933
29	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	915
30	Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX	903
31	The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, TX	894
32	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH	873
33	Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA	861
34	University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA	858
35	The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL	834
36	Clemson University Clemson, SC	831
37	Auburn University Auburn, AL	831
38	San Diego State University San Diego, CA	819
39	University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY	801
40	New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ	795
41	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	789
42	Kennesaw State University Kennesaw, GA	789
43	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	777
44	Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY	771
45	California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, CA	771
46	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	768
47	Washington State University Pullman, WA	765
48	University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NC	747
49	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	744
50	Stanford University Stanford, CA	738
51	University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT	732
52	Oklahoma State University-Main Campus Stillwater, OK	726
53	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	720
54	California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Pomona, CA	705
55	Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	699
56	University of Houston Houston, TX	693
57	Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS	693
58	Missouri University of Science and Technology Rolla, MO	690
59	Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins, CO	678
60	The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, TX	657
61	University of South Florida Tampa, FL	657
62	Drexel University Philadelphia, PA	657
63	University of Dayton Dayton, OH	651
64	University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL	642
65	The University of Texas at El Paso El Paso, TX	639
66	University of Massachusetts-Lowell Lowell, MA	633
67	San Jose State University San Jose, CA	615
68	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	615
69	Brigham Young University Provo, UT	612
70	California State University-Sacramento Sacramento, CA	603
71	Boston University Boston, MA	603
72	University of Connecticut Storrs, CT	600
73	University of Michigan-Dearborn Dearborn, MI	597
74	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA	588
75	Florida International University Miami, FL	588
76	University of California-Davis Davis, CA	588
77	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY	582
78	University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC	579
79	California State University-Northridge Northridge, CA	573
80	Montana State University Bozeman, MT	564
81	University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA	564
82	Clarkson University Potsdam, NY	555
83	Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, MO	552
84	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN	546
85	The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, TX	541
86	University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez Mayaguez, PR	540
87	University of Georgia Athens, GA	537
88	University of Delaware Newark, DE	528
89	West Virginia University Morgantown, WV	525
90	University of Kentucky Lexington, KY	519
91	University of Toledo Toledo, OH	513
92	Oakland University Rochester Hills, MI	513
93	New York University New York, NY	504
94	University of California-Merced Merced, CA	495
95	Georgia Southern University Statesboro, GA	492
96	Kettering University Flint, MI	471
97	Kansas State University Manhattan, KS	465
98	Binghamton University Vestal, NY	465
99	University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE	465
100	University of Wisconsin-Platteville Platteville, WI	462