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Mechanical Engineering at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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

UIUC is located in Champaign, Illinois and approximately 52,679 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 61 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.

UIUC Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

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

UIUC Mechanical Engineering Rankings

There were 29 students who received their doctoral degrees in ME, making the school the #11 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

ME Student Demographics at UIUC

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

UIUC Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

15% Women
5% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 61 students earned a master's degree in ME from UIUC. About 15% of these graduates were women and the other 85% were men.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 17
International Students 41
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

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 Urbana-Champaign.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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