Mechanical Engineering at University of Illinois at Chicago

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

UIC is located in Chicago, Illinois and approximately 33,518 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 49 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.

UIC Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

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

UIC Mechanical Engineering Rankings

There were 18 students who received their doctoral degrees in ME, making the school the #25 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

ME Student Demographics at UIC

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

UIC Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 49 students who earned a master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from UIC in 2020-2021, 90% were men and 10% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	5
International Students	37
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Construction Engineering
• General Engineering
• Other Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Industrial 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 IL, the home state for University of Illinois at Chicago.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Mechanical Engineers	17,320	$92,030
Architectural and Engineering Managers	9,760	$136,270
Cost Estimators	5,600	$66,480
Engineering Professors	1,330	$114,010

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 Hied5 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.