The main focus area for this major is General Mechanical Engineering. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Mechanical Engineering is a major offered under the engineering program of study at The University of Texas at Dallas. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in ME, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, and more.
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Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. The bachelor's program at UT Dallas was ranked #154 on College Factual's Best Schools for ME list. It is also ranked #8 in Texas.
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Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at UT Dallas paid an average of $1,624 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $583 per credit hour. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $13,992 | $38,970 |
Books and Supplies | $1,200 | $1,200 |
On Campus Room and Board | $11,762 | $11,762 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $3,790 | $3,790 |
Learn more about UT Dallas tuition and fees.
One way to think about how much a school will cost is to look at how much in student loans that you have to take out to get your degree. ME students who received their bachelor’s degree at UT Dallas took out an average of $22,500 in student loans. That is about the same as the national average of $22,913.
The median early career salary of ME students who receive their bachelor’s degree from UT Dallas is $59,576 per year. That is 4% lower than the national average of $61,915.
UT Dallas does not offer an online option for its ME bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UT Dallas Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in ME in 2019-2020, 14.7% of them were women. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 16.3%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 44.7% of the ME bachelor’s degrees at UT Dallas in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 28%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 36 |
Black or African American | 14 |
Hispanic or Latino | 42 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 102 |
International Students | 13 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 10 |
Mechanical Engineering students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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General Mechanical Engineering | 217 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to mechanical engineering.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Biomedical Engineering | 102 |
Computer Engineering | 211 |
Electrical Engineering | 145 |
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*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.
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