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Undergraduate Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Military Institute

We’ve pulled together the essential facts you should know about the program at VMI. You can study it at the Bachelor’s level. At its best it places at #7 out of 7 schools (Bachelor’s level) by College Factual. Jump to any of the following sections:

• Rankings
• Available Degrees
• Bachelor’s Degrees

VMI Undergraduate Mechanical Engineering Rankings

College Factual rates VMI as a strong choice for mechanical engineering, coming in at #328 out of 365 schools nationally.

Ranking	Rank
Best Mechanical Engineering Schools	328 of 365
Best Mechanical Engineering Schools in Virginia	7 of 7
Best Mechanical Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region	60 of 69

Undergraduate Mechanical Engineering Degrees at VMI

Here is each degree level available for mechanical engineering at VMI, along with how many graduates complete each level annually.

Degree Level	Annual Graduates
Bachelor’s	33

VMI Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degrees

During the most recent reporting year, Virginia Military Institute awarded 33 bachelor’s degrees in mechanical engineering.

Bachelor’s Rankings

VMI is a solid choice among schools offering mechanical engineering at the bachelor’s level. Specifically, it ranked #7 out of 7 schools by College Factual.

Ranking	Rank
Best Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia	7
Best Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region	58
Best Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	314

Salary of Mechanical Engineering Graduates with a Bachelor’s Degree

Mechanical Engineering majors who earn their bachelor’s degree from VMI go on to jobs where they make a median salary of $73,138 a year. This is above $66,155, the median for all majors at VMI.

Student Debt of Mechanical Engineering Graduates with a Bachelor’s Degree

To complete a bachelor’s at VMI, mechanical engineering students borrow a median amount of $19,971 in student loans. This is below $22,309, the typical median for all majors at VMI.

VMI Undergraduate Tuition and Fees

Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$9,782	$41,960
Fees	$10,678	$10,678

Find out more about VMI tuition and fees.

Bachelor’s Student Diversity

For the most recent academic year available, 94% of mechanical engineering bachelor’s degrees went to men and 6% went to women.

The majority of mechanical engineering bachelor’s degree graduates at VMI were White. Approximately 79% of graduates fell into this category.

The following table and chart show the ethnic background for students who recently graduated from Virginia Military Institute with a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering.

Ethnic Background	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	26
Non-Resident Aliens	2
Other Races	2

References

• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• IPEDS — Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
• U.S. Department of Education — College Scorecard
• Image Credit: By Kbog under License More about our data sources and methodologies.