The main focus area for this major is General Mechanical Engineering. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Mechanical Engineering is a major offered under the engineering program of study at Arkansas State University - Main Campus. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in ME, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. The bachelor's program at A-State was ranked #303 on College Factual's Best Schools for ME list. It is also ranked #4 in Arkansas.
Here are some of the other rankings for A-State.
During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at A-State paid an average of $450 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $218 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $5,232 | $10,800 |
Fees | $2,083 | $2,083 |
Books and Supplies | $1,250 | $1,250 |
On Campus Room and Board | $10,022 | $10,022 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $4,708 | $4,708 |
Learn more about A-State tuition and fees.
You may also want to consider how much in student loans you’ll need when thinking about the overall cost to attend a school. ME students who received their bachelor’s degree at A-State took out an average of $26,000 in student loans. That is 13% higher than the national average of $22,913.
The median early career salary of ME students who receive their bachelor’s degree from A-State is $60,771 per year. That is about the same as the national average of $61,915.
Online degrees for the A-State ME bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the A-State Online Learning page.
About 10.0% of the students who received their BS in ME in 2019-2020 were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 16.3%.
Around 20.0% of ME bachelor’s degree recipients at A-State in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 28%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 1 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 9 |
International Students | 7 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 2 |
Mechanical Engineering students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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General Mechanical Engineering | 20 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to mechanical engineering.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Civil Engineering | 15 |
Electrical Engineering | 5 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.