Mechanical Engineering at North Carolina State University

What traits are you looking for in a ME school? To help you decide if North Carolina State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's ME program.

NC State is located in Raleigh, North Carolina and approximately 36,042 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 95 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.

NC State Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

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

NC State Mechanical Engineering Rankings

There were 22 students who received their doctoral degrees in ME, making the school the #20 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

ME Student Demographics at NC State

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

NC State Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 95 ME students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from NC State, about 85% were men and 15% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	44
International Students	44
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Related Majors

• Other Engineering
• General Engineering
• Agricultural Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Biomedical 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 NC, the home state for North Carolina State University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Mechanical Engineers	8,000	$87,470
Cost Estimators	6,580	$62,590
Architectural and Engineering Managers	4,060	$140,980
Engineering Professors	1,400	$89,850
Aerospace Engineers	570	$100,080

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 Haruhide000 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.