Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin

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

UT Austin is located in Austin, Texas and has a total student population of 50,476. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 51 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.

UT Austin Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

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

UT Austin Mechanical Engineering Rankings

There were 34 students who received their doctoral degrees in ME, making the school the #6 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

ME Student Demographics at UT Austin

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

UT Austin Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 51 students who earned a master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from UT Austin in 2020-2021, 71% were men and 29% were women.

In the ME master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 41% of degree recipients. That is 24% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	25
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Engineering Mechanics
• General Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Industrial 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 TX, the home state for The University of Texas at Austin.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Mechanical Engineers	20,820	$105,570
Cost Estimators	17,240	$73,950
Architectural and Engineering Managers	12,920	$167,280
Aerospace Engineers	6,770	$122,570
Engineering Professors	3,890	$123,200

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 Reid Sullivan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.