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 University of California - Los Angeles. 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. UCLA is in the top 10% of the country for ME. More specifically it was ranked #22 out of 326 schools by College Factual. It is also ranked #5 in California.
Here are some of the other rankings for UCLA.
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 | $11,442 | $41,196 |
Fees | $1,807 | $1,807 |
Books and Supplies | $1,314 | $1,314 |
On Campus Room and Board | $17,599 | $17,599 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $4,625 | $4,625 |
Learn more about UCLA 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. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at UCLA in ME walked away with an average of $19,000 in student debt. That is 17% lower than the national average of $22,913.
ME who receive their bachelor’s degree from UCLA make an average of $68,965 a year during the early days of their career. That is 11% higher than the national average of $61,915.
UCLA 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 UCLA Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in ME in 2019-2020, 19.0% of them were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 16.3%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in ME at UCLA in 2019-2020, 56.9% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 28%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 49 |
Black or African American | 4 |
Hispanic or Latino | 18 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 1 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 |
White | 40 |
International Students | 16 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 8 |
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 | 137 |
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Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering | 56 |
Biomedical Engineering | 63 |
Chemical Engineering | 74 |
Civil Engineering | 87 |
Computer Engineering | 72 |
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*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.