Mechanical Engineering at University of Missouri - Columbia

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

Mizzou is located in Columbia, Missouri and approximately 31,089 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 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.

Mizzou Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Mizzou

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Mizzou offers distance education options for ME at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Mizzou Mechanical Engineering Rankings

There were 13 students who received their doctoral degrees in ME, making the school the #38 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

ME Student Demographics at Mizzou

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

Mizzou Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 ME majors earned their master's degree from Mizzou. Of these graduates, 100% were men and 0% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Nuclear Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Industrial Engineering
• General 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 MO, the home state for University of Missouri - Columbia.

Occupation	Jobs in MO	Average Salary in MO
Cost Estimators	4,630	$67,620
Mechanical Engineers	3,100	$85,450
Architectural and Engineering Managers	2,740	$138,520
Aerospace Engineers	1,250	$114,570
Engineering Professors	520	$106,680

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 Adam Procter under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.