WhatGradsMake

What Mechanical Engineering grads make

Every university with official Census earnings for this field, ranked by 5-year median salary.

Bachelor's

national median $96,517 · 5 yrs
#University1 yr5 yrs10 yrsvs national
1Lamar UniversityTX$81,563$116,446$150,342+21%
2SUNY Maritime CollegeNY$87,413$111,922$134,767+16%
3Texas A&M UniversityTX$82,685$111,636$148,947+16%
4University of Texas at AustinTX$87,271$111,509$143,327+16%
5Louisiana State University & Agricultural & Mechanical CollegeLA$82,170$111,433$148,095+15%
6University of HoustonTX$80,529$107,421$145,974+11%
7Louisiana Tech UniversityLA$77,844$104,696$128,269+8%
8University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignIL$81,599$104,211$134,508+8%
9Texas Tech UniversityTX$79,110$103,012$134,812+7%
10University of MichiganMI$78,309$102,699$129,319+6%
11Texas A&M University - KingsvilleTX$72,585$102,352$132,581+6%
12University of AlabamaAL$75,701$101,424$127,251+5%
13University of Louisiana at LafayetteLA$73,822$101,094$134,446+5%
14University of Massachusetts - AmherstMA$77,592$100,766$125,668+4%
15University of OklahomaOK$81,205$100,601$121,802+4%
16Southern University and Agricultural & Mechanical Colg at Baton RougeLA$73,075$100,497$124,712+4%
17Purdue UniversityIN$79,490$100,411$129,039+4%
18University of VirginiaVA$78,713$100,217$130,971+4%
19Georgia Institute of TechnologyGA$77,825$100,175$127,460+4%
20Pennsylvania State University (The)PA$77,398$100,162$125,234+4%
21University of Arizona (The)AZ$78,078$100,126$125,721+4%
22Prairie View Agricultural & Mechanical UniversityTX$78,634$99,690$114,034+3%
23University of Texas at TylerTX$76,793$99,411$124,276+3%
24Central Connecticut State UniversityCT$75,303$99,338$123,301+3%
25Colorado School of MinesCO$73,422$99,283+3%
26Ohio State University (The)OH$78,473$99,147$120,472+3%
27University of ConnecticutCT$77,739$98,992$121,181+3%
28Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State UniversityVA$77,591$98,848$123,028+2%
29Quinnipiac UniversityCT$72,766$98,392+2%
30Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyIN$81,256$98,353+2%
31Oregon Institute of TechnologyOR$77,937$98,320$120,228+2%
32Arizona State UniversityAZ$72,267$98,212$120,259+2%
33University of Massachusetts - LowellMA$71,015$98,155$123,847+2%
34University of Texas at ArlingtonTX$76,342$97,934$124,298+1%
35University of Wisconsin - MadisonWI$75,181$97,660$121,366+1%
36Oregon State UniversityOR$74,845$97,375$117,963+1%
37University of New Orleans (The)LA$70,466$97,375$121,288+1%
38University of Saint ThomasMN$74,367$97,281$127,678+1%
39University of Minnesota - Twin CitiesMN$74,562$97,072$124,549+1%
40University of Colorado BoulderCO$70,217$96,962$121,9800%
41Oklahoma State UniversityOK$78,482$96,932$118,2890%
42Fairfield UniversityCT$71,850$96,7910%
43Citadel, The Military College of South CarolinaSC$71,265$96,7910%
44University of Massachusetts - DartmouthMA$71,512$96,680$126,6380%
45University of IowaIA$73,447$96,556$120,2190%
46State University of New York at Stony BrookNY$66,814$96,517$121,6300%
47University of Missouri - Kansas CityMO$71,868$96,404$112,1070%
48City College of New York - CUNYNY$69,542$96,052$123,0870%
49West Texas A&M UniversityTX$74,818$95,880$116,180-1%
50Iowa State University of Science & TechnologyIA$74,692$95,783$122,964-1%
51Pennsylvania State University (The) - BerksPA$71,805$95,669-1%
52University of Texas at El PasoTX$64,614$95,610$117,896-1%
53Purdue University NorthwestIN$71,628$95,590$112,375-1%
54University of Alabama in HuntsvilleAL$70,915$95,359$118,764-1%
55University of UtahUT$73,932$95,335$119,804-1%
56Northern Arizona UniversityAZ$69,522$95,275$123,576-1%
57Missouri University of Science and TechnologyMO$75,148$95,167$117,510-1%
58West Virginia UniversityWV$71,441$95,080$116,108-1%
59University of Southern MaineME$65,035$95,075-1%
60University of Colorado DenverCO$70,893$95,004$113,905-2%
61University of GeorgiaGA$72,391$94,903-2%
62University of HartfordCT$75,881$94,869$116,662-2%
63Colorado State UniversityCO$71,572$94,865$118,614-2%
64Virginia Military InstituteVA$72,756$94,807$118,958-2%
65West Virginia University - Institute of TechnologyWV$73,402$94,789$112,807-2%
66University of New HavenCT$77,620$94,584-2%
67North Carolina State UniversityNC$73,917$94,517$118,219-2%
68University of WyomingWY$71,419$94,305$122,589-2%
69University of Alabama at BirminghamAL$72,142$94,107$127,147-2%
70University of Missouri - ColumbiaMO$70,768$94,029$119,554-3%
71Utah State UniversityUT$71,202$93,917$124,247-3%
72South Dakota School of Mines and TechnologySD$76,053$93,807$117,819-3%
73State University of New York at New PaltzNY$66,546$93,789-3%
74Portland State UniversityOR$74,018$93,741$113,738-3%
75Texas A&M University - Corpus ChristiTX$64,402$93,703-3%
76University of Minnesota DuluthMN$69,043$93,634$115,243-3%
77George Mason UniversityVA$73,209$93,589-3%
78Binghamton UniversityNY$65,593$93,437$119,740-3%
79University of CincinnatiOH$75,866$93,239$112,807-3%
80Clemson UniversitySC$74,381$93,144$115,212-3%
81University of Texas at DallasTX$66,444$93,078-4%
82Old Dominion UniversityVA$71,872$92,895$113,539-4%
83University of South Carolina - ColumbiaSC$72,885$92,820$112,689-4%
84University of Hawaii at ManoaHI$60,543$92,698$121,607-4%
85North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State UniversityNC$77,465$92,673$111,339-4%
86University of Colorado Colorado SpringsCO$67,330$92,662$117,005-4%
87University of ToledoOH$73,791$92,584$112,519-4%
88University of Texas of the Permian BasinTX$76,343$92,357-4%
89Indiana University - Purdue University IndianapolisIN$71,034$92,308$110,112-4%
90Pennsylvania State University (The) - Erie, The Behrend CollegePA$72,071$92,296$115,056-4%
91Purdue University - North CentralIN$85,137$92,269-4%
92Minnesota State University, MankatoMN$72,822$92,158$109,070-5%
93Montana State University BozemanMT$66,192$92,156$115,188-5%
94University of Texas at San AntonioTX$70,826$92,016$117,653-5%
95Virginia Commonwealth UniversityVA$69,934$91,896$114,950-5%
96St. Cloud State UniversityMN$69,946$91,526$116,341-5%
97University of Illinois ChicagoIL$70,514$91,169$116,584-6%
98University of North TexasTX$69,372$91,022$118,711-6%
99Northern Illinois UniversityIL$69,937$90,924$114,132-6%
100University of Akron (The)OH$73,609$90,822$110,058-6%
101Miami UniversityOH$73,442$90,771$119,140-6%
102Valparaiso UniversityIN$74,781$90,632-6%
103Brigham Young University - IdahoID$68,626$90,527$114,105-6%
104University of North Carolina - CharlotteNC$69,186$90,342$111,703-6%
105University of Wisconsin - MilwaukeeWI$72,038$90,134$110,178-7%
106Southern Illinois University at CarbondaleIL$70,086$90,056$112,131-7%
107Ohio UniversityOH$71,528$89,709$112,807-7%
108State University of New York at BuffaloNY$66,670$89,545$111,451-7%
109Youngstown State UniversityOH$70,973$89,458$111,931-7%
110University of Wisconsin - PlattevilleWI$72,777$89,020$107,201-8%
111Georgia Southern UniversityGA$67,887$88,731-8%
112Southern Illinois University EdwardsvilleIL$69,125$88,687$113,358-8%
113University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyTX$68,612$88,576$105,999-8%
114Pennsylvania State University (The) - HarrisburgPA$67,683$88,566$107,931-8%
115Trine UniversityIN$78,072$88,552-8%
116University of MaineME$69,366$88,474$108,803-8%
117Kennesaw State UniversityGA$67,831$87,926-9%
118University of Missouri - Saint LouisMO$67,835$87,528$100,527-9%
119South Dakota State UniversitySD$68,453$87,405$105,366-9%
120Purdue University Fort WayneIN$71,655$86,911$114,937-10%
121Midwestern State UniversityTX$60,927$86,655$98,712-10%
122Cleveland State UniversityOH$67,269$86,549$103,346-10%
123Montana Technological UniversityMT$74,110$85,856-11%
124Wright State UniversityOH$66,810$85,519$102,395-11%
125Indiana Institute of TechnologyIN$58,150$84,610-12%
126Western Illinois UniversityIL$75,158
127McNeese State UniversityLA$71,115
128Liberty UniversityVA$69,696
129University of Wisconsin - StoutWI$69,262
130University of Southern IndianaIN$68,595
131Utah Valley UniversityUT$67,254
132Marshall UniversityWV$65,986
133State University of New York Polytechnic InstituteNY$63,970
134Tarleton State UniversityTX$61,630

Associate

national median $73,157 · 5 yrs
#University1 yr5 yrs10 yrsvs national
1Salt Lake Community CollegeUT$34,107$82,004+12%
2CUNY LaGuardia Community CollegeNY$38,141$73,1570%
3Stark State CollegeOH$51,223$64,930-11%
4Northwest State Community CollegeOH$42,800$56,106$79,787-23%
5Lone Star College SystemTX$48,943
6El Paso Community CollegeTX$29,621

Certificate (2-4 years)

#University1 yr5 yrs10 yrsvs national
1University of Texas at ArlingtonTX$72,585