Mechanical engineering at Wisconsin
Wisconsin graduates about 218 mechanical engineering majors a year, 3% of its graduating class. That puts it 28th of 332 schools we score for mechanical engineering, a standout program at 82 out of 100. Its current catalog lists 68 undergraduate courses in the field, more than 87% of the schools we've counted. Graduates in the major earn a median $95,000 four years out, about the national figure for the same major. Research spending in the field runs about $30 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.
Around Wisconsin
Where mechanical engineering happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: Agricultural Engineering Laboratory, Agricultural Engineering, Engineering Centers Building, Mechanical Engineering Building, Materials Science and Engineering, Genetics-Biotechnology Center Building, Engineering Hall, Engineering Research Building, Water Science & Engineering Laboratory.
Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 145 · Dorm 28 · Student housing 23 · Athletics 12 · Arts 7 · Chapel 6.
Nearby in the mechanical engineering ranking
Other strong majors at Wisconsin
- Communications & media 92 · #11
- Biology 91 · #14
- Languages 90 · #37
- Math & statistics 89 · #38
- Chemistry & biochem 89 · #25
- Business & finance 89 · #16
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares Wisconsin 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.