Mechanical Engineering at University of Iowa

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

Iowa is located in Iowa City, Iowa and approximately 30,318 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 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.

Iowa Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

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

Iowa Mechanical Engineering Rankings

There were 8 students who received their doctoral degrees in ME, making the school the #66 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

ME Student Demographics at Iowa

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

Iowa Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 8 students who earned a master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Iowa in 2020-2021, 100% were men and 0% were women.

In the ME master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 25% of degree recipients. That is 8% better than the national average.*

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

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

Related Majors

• Other Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• General 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 IA, the home state for University of Iowa.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Mechanical Engineers	2,970	$80,530
Cost Estimators	2,160	$62,410
Architectural and Engineering Managers	2,120	$119,230
Engineering Professors	570	$116,060

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 KMSatoh202 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.