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 University of Memphis. 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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During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at UofM paid an average of $502 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $342 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 | $8,208 | $12,048 |
Fees | $1,704 | $1,704 |
Books and Supplies | $1,600 | $1,600 |
On Campus Room and Board | $10,175 | $10,175 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $4,699 | $4,699 |
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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 UofM took out an average of $27,000 in student loans. That is 18% higher than the national average of $22,913.
ME who receive their bachelor’s degree from UofM make an average of $59,011 a year during the early days of their career. That is 5% lower than the national average of $61,915.
Online degrees for the UofM ME bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UofM Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in ME in 2019-2020, 18.2% of them were women. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 16.3%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in ME at UofM in 2019-2020, 25.0% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 28%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 2 |
Black or African American | 4 |
Hispanic or Latino | 4 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 28 |
International Students | 5 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
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 | 44 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to mechanical engineering.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Biomedical Engineering | 41 |
Civil Engineering | 29 |
Computer Engineering | 20 |
Electrical Engineering | 22 |
*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.