Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus

If you plan to study mechanical engineering, take a look at what Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Georgia Tech is located in Atlanta, Georgia and approximately 39,771 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 223 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.

Georgia Tech Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

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

Georgia Tech Mechanical Engineering Rankings

There were 61 students who received their doctoral degrees in ME, making the school the #2 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

ME Student Demographics at Georgia Tech

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the ME majors at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus.

Georgia Tech Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 223 ME majors earned their master's degree from Georgia Tech. Of these graduates, 78% were men and 22% were women.

In the ME master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 21% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus with a master's in ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	25
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	102
International Students	75
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

Related Majors

• Engineering Mechanics
• Robotics Engineering
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Nuclear 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 GA, the home state for Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Cost Estimators	4,880	$67,190
Mechanical Engineers	4,750	$84,870
Architectural and Engineering Managers	4,740	$142,240
Aerospace Engineers	2,550	$114,160
Engineering Professors	360	$96,180

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 Disavian under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.