Mechanical Engineering at University of Pennsylvania

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

UPenn is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 26,552. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 76 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.

UPenn Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

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

UPenn 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 UPenn

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

UPenn Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 76 students earned a master's degree in ME from UPenn. About 26% of these graduates were women and the other 74% were men.

In the ME master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 24% of degree recipients. That is 7% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	16
International Students	42
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Chemical Engineering
• Systems Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Biomedical 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 PA, the home state for University of Pennsylvania.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Mechanical Engineers	16,590	$85,740
Cost Estimators	8,610	$67,330
Architectural and Engineering Managers	7,220	$150,400
Engineering Professors	2,950	$114,870
Aerospace Engineers	940	$108,300

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 WestCoastivieS under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.