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Mechanical engineering at UT Austin

UT Austin graduates about 275 mechanical engineering majors a year, 3% of its graduating class. That puts it 11th of 332 schools we score for mechanical engineering, a standout program at 87 out of 100. Its current catalog lists 145 undergraduate courses in the field, more than 100% of the schools we've counted. Graduates in the major earn a median $105,000 four years out, 1.13× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $82 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

87/100Standout#11 of 332 for mechanical engineering →
Graduates a year2753% of the class
Courses in the catalog145more than 100% of schools
Median pay 4 years out$105,0001.13× the same major nationally
Research in the field$82Ma year, NSF
Admit rate27%whole school
SAT middle 50%1230–1500whole school

Around UT Austin

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Secretary Kerry Looks at a Scene-Setter Video While Touring the LBJ PresidentialPhoto: U.S. Department of State from United States · Public domain · source
Looking north from the Stadium
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Alpha Phi Omega runs the flag before home games; always a crowd pleaser!
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Darrell K. Royal Memorial Stadium
Darrell K. Royal Memorial Stadium - panoramioPhoto: Todd Dwyer · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

Where mechanical engineering happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Engineering Discovery Building, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Building, Biomedical Engineering Building, Continuing Engineering Education, O’Donnell Building for Applied Computational Engineering and Sciences, Aerospace Engineering Building, Gary L. Thomas Energy Engineering Building, Engineering Education and Research Center, Larry R. Faulkner Nano Science and Technology Building, Engineering Teaching Center II.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 142 · Dorm 16 · Athletics 11 · Arts 7 · Chapel 3 · Library 3.

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Nearby in the mechanical engineering ranking

  1. Tufts University 89
  2. Lehigh University 88
  3. Johns Hopkins University 88
  4. Purdue University–Main Campus 87
  5. Columbia University 87
  6. Duke University 87
  7. Stanford University 87
  8. University of Maryland, College Park 86

Other strong majors at UT Austin

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares UT Austin 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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