Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University

If you plan to study mechanical engineering, take a look at what Carnegie Mellon University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Carnegie Mellon is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and approximately 13,519 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 148 students received their master's degree in ME.

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.

Carnegie Mellon Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in ME
• Doctorate Degree in ME

Carnegie Mellon Mechanical Engineering Rankings

There were 29 students who received their doctoral degrees in ME, making the school the #11 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

ME Student Demographics at Carnegie Mellon

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

Carnegie Mellon Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 148 students who earned a master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon in 2020-2021, 73% were men and 27% were women.

In the ME master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 32% of degree recipients. That is 15% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	22
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	38
International Students	59
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

Related Majors

• Manufacturing Engineering
• Engineering Mechanics
• Environmental Engineering
• Construction Engineering
• Operations Research

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 Carnegie Mellon 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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.