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Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University - Main Campus

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

Purdue is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and approximately 46,655 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 115 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.

Purdue Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

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

Purdue Mechanical Engineering Rankings

There were 69 students who received their doctoral degrees in ME, making the school the #1 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

ME Student Demographics at Purdue

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

Purdue Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

14% Women
9% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The ME program at Purdue awarded 115 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 86% of these degrees went to men with the other 14% going to women.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 50
International Students 54
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

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 IN, the home state for Purdue University - Main Campus.

Occupation Jobs in IN Average Salary in IN
Mechanical Engineers 7,770 $82,510
Cost Estimators 4,360 $65,790
Architectural and Engineering Managers 4,120 $123,180
Aerospace Engineers 540 $95,390

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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