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Mechanical Engineering at University of Southern California

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

USC is located in Los Angeles, California and approximately 46,287 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 114 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.

USC Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

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

USC Mechanical Engineering Rankings

There were 7 students who received their doctoral degrees in ME, making the school the #78 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

ME Student Demographics at USC

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

USC Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

20% Women
18% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The ME program at USC awarded 114 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 80% of these degrees went to men with the other 20% going to women.

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In the ME master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 18% of degree recipients. That is 1% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 12
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 7
White 26
International Students 67
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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 CA, the home state for University of Southern California.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
Architectural and Engineering Managers 31,580 $175,010
Cost Estimators 28,660 $78,190
Mechanical Engineers 27,330 $107,370
Aerospace Engineers 11,440 $125,540
Engineering Professors 2,400 $129,790

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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