2022 Most Popular Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering in Mississippi

Ranked #15 in popularity, mechanical engineering is one of the most sought-after bachelor's degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Mississippi to determine which ones were the most popular for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of mechanical engineering. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 271 bachelor's degrees in mechanical engineering during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Most Popular Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Mechanical Engineering in Mississippi

Below you'll see a list of the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering.

Most Well Attended Schools for ME Students Working on Their Bachelor's

1

Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, MS

192 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In MS

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering has to look into Mississippi State University. Mississippi State is a very large public university located in the town of Mississippi State. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #1 in quality for bachelor's degrees in mechanical engineering in Mississippi.

Those mechanical engineering students who get their bachelor's degree from Mississippi State University earn $5,500 more than the typical ME graduate.

More information about a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering from Mississippi State University

2

University of Mississippi
University, MS

79 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In MS

$59,300 Median Salary

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at University of Mississippi if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering. Located in the town of University, Ole Miss is a public university with a fairly large student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for bachelor's degrees in mechanical engineering in Mississippi.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the ME program earn about $59,300 for their early career.

More information about a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering from University of Mississippi

Best Mechanical Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Georgia	220	1,100
Florida	214	1,669
Tennessee	209	553
North Carolina	207	586
Virginia	206	792
South Carolina	188	507
Alabama	183	847
Kentucky	177	354
Arkansas	164	286
Louisiana	163	447
West Virginia	142	254

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Mechanical Engineering Related Rankings by Major

Mechanical Engineering is one of 40 different types of Engineering programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to ME

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Civil Engineering	149
Chemical Engineering	146
Electrical Engineering	107
Biomedical Engineering	83
Computer Engineering	62
Industrial Engineering	55
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	44
Geoscience Engineering	35
Other Engineering	33
General Engineering	17

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Michel Villeneuve. More about our data sources and methodologies.