Mechanical Engineering at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

If you are interested in studying mechanical engineering, you may want to check out the program at University of New Mexico - Main Campus. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UNM is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and approximately 22,311 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 27 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.

UNM Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in ME

UNM Mechanical Engineering Rankings

ME Student Demographics at UNM

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the ME majors at University of New Mexico - Main Campus.

UNM Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 27 students graduated with a master's degree in ME from UNM. About 85% were men and 15% were women.

Of the students who received a ME master's degree from UNM, 56% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the ME master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 37% of degree recipients. That is 20% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	15
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Related Majors

• Nuclear Engineering
• Construction Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Biomedical 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 NM, the home state for University of New Mexico - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in NM	Average Salary in NM
Architectural and Engineering Managers	1,590	$163,260
Mechanical Engineers	1,290	$110,210
Cost Estimators	1,010	$59,580
Aerospace Engineers	700	$114,340

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 PerryPlanet under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.