Mechanical Engineering at University of Maryland - College Park

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

UMCP is located in College Park, Maryland and approximately 40,709 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 18 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.

UMCP Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

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

UMCP Mechanical Engineering Rankings

There were 25 students who received their doctoral degrees in ME, making the school the #16 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

ME Student Demographics at UMCP

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

UMCP Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 18 students graduated with a master's degree in ME from UMCP. About 89% were men and 11% were women.

In the ME master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 22% of degree recipients. That is 5% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	3
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Systems Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Agricultural 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 MD, the home state for University of Maryland - College Park.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Mechanical Engineers	5,670	$109,960
Architectural and Engineering Managers	5,010	$145,470
Cost Estimators	4,390	$71,650
Aerospace Engineers	2,890	$127,330
Engineering Professors	890	$117,160

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 Bgervais under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.