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Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Tech

What traits are you looking for in a ME school? To help you decide if Virginia Tech is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's ME program.

Virginia Tech is located in Blacksburg, Virginia and approximately 37,024 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 59 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.

Virginia Tech Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

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

Virginia Tech Mechanical Engineering Rankings

There were 31 students who received their doctoral degrees in ME, making the school the #9 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

ME Student Demographics at Virginia Tech

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

Virginia Tech Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

17% Women
14% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 83% of ME master's degrees went to men and 17% went to women.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 5
White 27
International Students 22
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

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 VA, the home state for Virginia Tech.

Occupation Jobs in VA Average Salary in VA
Cost Estimators 9,220 $74,160
Mechanical Engineers 7,590 $100,540
Architectural and Engineering Managers 4,030 $164,300
Aerospace Engineers 2,060 $127,390

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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