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Mechanical Engineering

Pay figures are each school's median earnings five years after graduation for THIS major (College Scorecard). The spread is real: where you study it changes what it pays. Click a column to sort.

293
schools offer it
27,383
grads per year
$91,486
median pay 5 yrs out
$87,507-$96,770
typical range

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SchoolDiv StateGrads/yr Median pay 5 yrs out
Purdue UniversityD1IN478$97,551
Texas A&M University, College StationD1TX469$97,743
Georgia Institute of TechnologyD1GA437$98,607
University of Central FloridaD1FL424$92,483
Pennsylvania State UniversityD1PA374$90,200
Iowa State UniversityD1IA356$88,697
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityD1VA342$97,664
University of Maryland, College ParkD1MD327$102,581
Colorado School of MinesD2CO321$93,871
Michigan State UniversityD1MI279$99,381
Arizona State UniversityD1AZ278$94,295
California Polytechnic State UniversityD1CA278$110,675
University of Texas at AustinD1TX275$104,021
University of FloridaD1FL268$94,291
Oregon State UniversityD1OR263$94,649
San Diego State UniversityD1CA259$99,279
Texas Tech UniversityD1TX254$93,452
North Carolina State UniversityD1NC250$91,136
Kennesaw State UniversityD1GA240$86,737
University of MichiganD1MI239$101,514
Long Beach State UniversityD1CA234$97,895
Auburn UniversityD1AL230$91,940
University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignD1IL228$96,770
University of Texas at DallasD2TX226$86,469
University of AlabamaD1AL224$91,807
University at Buffalo, the State University of New YorkD1NY220$81,124
The Ohio State UniversityD1OH218$95,293
University of Wisconsin-MadisonD1WI218$97,845
Clemson UniversityD1SC217$88,351
The University of North Carolina at CharlotteD1NC213$85,296
Worcester Polytechnic InstituteD3MA211$100,164
Oklahoma State UniversityD1OK211$91,640
Missouri University of Science and TechnologyD2MO203$91,528
Colorado State UniversityD1CO201$89,087
Mississippi State UniversityD1MS193$96,021
University of California, BerkeleyD1CA188$112,325
University of California, Los AngelesD1CA187$108,947
University of Minnesota, Twin CitiesD1MN187$95,566
Drexel UniversityD1PA183$99,010
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New BrunswickD1NJ182$94,837
University of HoustonD1TX182$96,269
California State University, SacramentoD1CA180$91,357
Stevens Institute of TechnologyD3NJ180$101,241
University of GeorgiaD1GA179$88,366
Brigham Young UniversityD1UT179$97,124
California State University, NorthridgeD1CA177$100,421
Florida International UniversityD1FL177$94,520
University of South FloridaD1FL177$91,161
Rochester Institute of TechnologyD3NY173$91,471
University of ConnecticutD1CT172$93,562
University of Illinois ChicagoD1IL168$88,275
University of DaytonD1OH166$93,487
University of South Carolina, ColumbiaD1SC166$88,180
Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteD3NY162$94,402
University of Texas at San AntonioD1TX159$86,214
San Jose State UniversityD1CA158$112,360
University of KentuckyD1KY156$87,796
University of Massachusetts LowellD1MA156$95,465
University of Texas at El PasoD1TX156$91,486
Clarkson UniversityD3NY155$92,873
University of Wisconsin-PlattevilleD3WI154$86,418
University of California, DavisD1CA153$99,885
University of Massachusetts, AmherstD1MA153$94,995
Georgia Southern UniversityD1GA151$85,716
University of ToledoD1OH150$89,223
University of California, San DiegoD1CA147$99,554
University of UtahD1UT147$87,070
University of PittsburghD1PA146$93,999
University of Tennessee, KnoxvilleD1TN143$90,860
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyD3MA141$106,765
University of Nebraska-LincolnD1NE137$84,216
University of DelawareD1DE136$91,595
Oakland UniversityD1MI132$101,107
Cornell UniversityD1NY132$113,983
Wentworth Institute of TechnologyD3MA128$97,305
University of Texas at ArlingtonD1TX128$87,372
University of Alabama in HuntsvilleD2AL127$90,362
California State University, FullertonD1CA127$93,073
University of Minnesota DuluthD2MN126$91,075
Indiana University IndianapolisD1IN125$87,604
University of Missouri, ColumbiaD1MO125$92,736
Boston UniversityD1MA124$94,926
New Mexico State UniversityD1NM122$98,083
North Dakota State UniversityD1ND122$86,495
University of AkronD1OH122$87,380
Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyD3IN121$93,120
University of WashingtonD1WA121$94,653
University of California, RiversideD1CA120$93,294
Utah State UniversityD1UT119$87,442
University of LouisvilleD1KY115$90,074
University of Nevada, Las VegasD1NV114$85,200
Louisiana State UniversityD1LA111$104,396
University of Maryland, Baltimore CountyD1MD111$93,344
University of ArizonaD1AZ110$95,672
Florida State UniversityD1FL110$92,658
University of Arkansas, FayettevilleD1AR109$84,481
Binghamton UniversityD1NY107$86,404
Carnegie Mellon UniversityD3PA107$115,666
Case Western Reserve UniversityD3OH106$92,158
Tennessee Technological UniversityD1TN104$88,130
University of North TexasD1TX104$81,391
Washington University in St. LouisD3MO103$101,263
Northern Illinois UniversityD1IL101$86,692
University of Notre DameD1IN101$95,893
University of IowaD1IA101$86,315
University of KansasD1KS101$94,190
Rowan UniversityD3NJ101$89,308
New York UniversityD3NY100$83,656
University of Rhode IslandD1RI99$93,316
Florida Atlantic UniversityD1FL98$89,022
University of Louisiana at LafayetteD1LA96$90,611
University of OklahomaD1OK96$91,580
University of Nevada, RenoD1NV95$87,851
Miami University (Ohio)D1OH95$86,964
Milwaukee School of EngineeringD3WI92$87,507
George Mason UniversityD1VA89$96,467
California State University, ChicoD2CA88$102,703
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Florida)D2FL88$93,818
University of Colorado Colorado SpringsD2CO86$90,079
University of Hawaii, ManoaD1HI86$98,092