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 Ohio University - Athens Campus. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in ME, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, 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 OHIO Athens was ranked #236 on College Factual's Best Schools for ME list. It is also ranked #10 in Ohio.
Here are some of the other rankings for OHIO Athens.
In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at OHIO Athens was $1,077 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $595 per credit hour. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $12,612 | $22,406 |
Books and Supplies | $984 | $984 |
On Campus Room and Board | $14,024 | $14,024 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $3,144 | $3,144 |
Learn more about OHIO Athens 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. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at OHIO Athens in ME walked away with an average of $26,000 in student debt. 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 OHIO Athens is $68,778 per year. That is 11% higher than the national average of $61,915.
OHIO Athens 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 OHIO Athens Online Learning page.
Women made up around 15.7% of the ME students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 16.3%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in ME at OHIO Athens in 2019-2020, 10.0% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 28%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 3 |
Black or African American | 2 |
Hispanic or Latino | 2 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 62 |
International Students | 1 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
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 | 70 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to mechanical engineering.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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General Engineering | 69 |
Chemical Engineering | 43 |
Civil Engineering | 32 |
Computer Engineering | 13 |
Electrical Engineering | 22 |
*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.