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Mechanical engineering at Virginia Tech

Virginia Tech graduates about 342 mechanical engineering majors a year, 5% of its graduating class. That puts it 24th of 332 schools we score for mechanical engineering, a standout program at 83 out of 100. Its current catalog lists 64 undergraduate courses in the field, more than 84% of the schools we've counted. Graduates in the major earn a median $96,000 four years out, 1.05× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $24 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

83/100Standout#24 of 332 for mechanical engineering →
Graduates a year3425% of the class
Courses in the catalog64more than 84% of schools
Median pay 4 years out$96,0001.05× the same major nationally
Research in the field$24Ma year, NSF
Admit rate55%whole school
SAT middle 50%1240–1430whole school

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Burruss Hall, at the head of the Drillfield on the campus of Virginia Tech in Bl
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Williams Hall, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia
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Pamplin Hall, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia
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Nearby in the mechanical engineering ranking

  1. Case Western Reserve University 85
  2. University of Notre Dame 85
  3. University of Rochester 84
  4. Vanderbilt University 84
  5. University of California, Los Angeles 83
  6. Northwestern University 83
  7. California Institute of Technology 83
  8. Texas A&M University 82

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How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Virginia Tech 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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