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Santa Clara, CA · Mechanical engineering

Mechanical engineering at Santa Clara

Santa Clara graduates about 36 mechanical engineering majors a year, 3% of its graduating class. That puts it 31st of 332 schools we score for mechanical engineering, a standout program at 80 out of 100. Its current catalog lists 65 undergraduate courses in the field, more than 86% of the schools we've counted. Graduates in the major earn a median $122,000 four years out, 1.33× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $1 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

80/100Standout#31 of 332 for mechanical engineering →
Graduates a year363% of the class
Courses in the catalog65more than 86% of schools
Median pay 4 years out$122,0001.33× the same major nationally
Research in the field$1Ma year, NSF
Admit rate48%whole school
SAT middle 50%1290–1480whole school

Around Santa Clara

Sobrato Campus for Discovery and Innovation
Sobrato Campus for Discovery and Innovation 1459Photo: Cristiano Tomás · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
College students using Groupme
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SCU campus
Santa Clara University campus 1584Photo: Cristiano Tomás · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Kenna Hall
Kenna Hall 1578Photo: Cristiano Tomás · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Where mechanical engineering happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Sobrato Campus for Discovery and Innovation.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 21 · Student housing 12 · Dorm 10 · Athletics 8 · Arts 3 · Library 1.

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Nearby in the mechanical engineering ranking

  1. Villanova University 80
  2. University of Pennsylvania 80
  3. Bucknell University 80
  4. United States Naval Academy 80
  5. University of California San Diego 79
  6. Lafayette College 79
  7. University of California, Irvine 78
  8. University of California, Berkeley 78

Other strong majors at Santa Clara

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Santa Clara with every school we score in mechanical engineering. It weighs the school's overall strength; how many students graduate in the major and what share of the class they are; research spending in the field (NSF); early pay against the same major nationally; how many courses the catalog lists; and test scores. 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.

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