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 California State Polytechnic University - Pomona. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in ME, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. The bachelor's program at Cal Poly Pomona was ranked #109 on College Factual's Best Schools for ME list. It is also ranked #17 in California.
Here are some of the other rankings for Cal Poly Pomona.
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 | $5,742 | $17,622 |
Fees | $1,697 | $1,697 |
Books and Supplies | $1,022 | $1,022 |
On Campus Room and Board | $16,570 | $16,570 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $3,152 | $3,152 |
Learn more about Cal Poly Pomona tuition and fees.
One factor in determining the overall cost in a degree is to consider how much in student loans you’ll have to take out. ME students who received their bachelor’s degree at Cal Poly Pomona took out an average of $23,000 in student loans. That is about the same as the national average of $22,913.
The median early career salary of ME students who receive their bachelor’s degree from Cal Poly Pomona is $68,821 per year. That is 11% higher than the national average of $61,915.
Cal Poly Pomona does not offer an online option for its ME bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Cal Poly Pomona Online Learning page.
About 20.0% of the students who received their BS in ME in 2019-2020 were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 16.3%.
Around 62.7% of ME bachelor’s degree recipients at Cal Poly Pomona in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 28%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 43 |
Black or African American | 4 |
Hispanic or Latino | 80 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 68 |
International Students | 11 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 19 |
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 | 225 |
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Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering | 103 |
Chemical Engineering | 79 |
Civil Engineering | 235 |
Computer Engineering | 105 |
Electrical Engineering | 115 |
*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.