General Mechanical Engineering at University of Pennsylvania

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

UPenn is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and approximately 26,552 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Mechanical Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

UPenn General Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Mechanical Engineering
• Master’s Degree in General Mechanical Engineering

UPenn General Mechanical Engineering Rankings

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

General Mechanical Engineering Student Demographics at UPenn

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

UPenn General Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 82% of general mechanical engineering master's degrees went to men and 18% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	13
International Students	40
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Careers That General Mechanical Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in general mechanical engineering 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.