Mechanical Engineering at Cornell University

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

Cornell is located in Ithaca, New York and approximately 23,620 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 76 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.

Cornell Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

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

Cornell Mechanical Engineering Rankings

There were 17 students who received their doctoral degrees in ME, making the school the #29 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

ME Student Demographics at Cornell

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

Cornell Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 76 ME students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Cornell, about 71% were men and 29% were women.

In the ME master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 22% of degree recipients. That is 5% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	28
International Students	28
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Related Majors

• Engineering Mechanics
• Agricultural Engineering
• Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering
• Engineering Physics
• Civil 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 NY, the home state for Cornell University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Mechanical Engineers	11,280	$91,820
Cost Estimators	10,150	$75,730
Architectural and Engineering Managers	7,330	$161,670
Engineering Professors	2,900	$127,010
Aerospace Engineers	320	$115,420

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 Notyourbroom under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.