Mechanical Engineering at University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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

UNC Charlotte is located in Charlotte, North Carolina and approximately 30,146 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 24 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.

UNC Charlotte Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

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

UNC Charlotte Mechanical Engineering Rankings

There were 9 students who received their doctoral degrees in ME, making the school the #59 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

ME Student Demographics at UNC Charlotte

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

UNC Charlotte Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 24 students who earned a master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from UNC Charlotte in 2020-2021, 71% were men and 29% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	10
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Other Engineering
• General Engineering
• Construction Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Electrical 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 NC, the home state for University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Mechanical Engineers	8,000	$87,470
Cost Estimators	6,580	$62,590
Architectural and Engineering Managers	4,060	$140,980
Engineering Professors	1,400	$89,850
Aerospace Engineers	570	$100,080

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 Stanton49 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.