Career Placement Outcomes - Mechanical Engineering

Doctoral Students Between 2011 and 2018

Employed In-field Employed Out-of-field Continuing Education Seeking Response rate:
67.5% 0.8% 1.6% 7.6% 77.3 %

Master's Students Between 2011 and 2018

Employed In-field Employed Out-of-field Continuing Education Seeking Response rate:
49.1% 1.5% 16.5% 6.3% 73.3 %

* The above data are based on an employment survey completed within 6 months after graduation. If the percentages do not add up to 100%, the remaining graduates were not seeking employment at the 6-month mark.

Roles and Workspace for 2019-2021 Doctoral and Master's Graduates

  4-year college/master's university For-profit company: Agriculture For-profit company: Construction For-profit company: Health For-profit company: Information Technology For-profit company: Manufacturing For-profit company: Service Sector For-profit company: Transportation Government K-12 school Non-profit Research university Other
Engineering   1 2 1 4 16 2 1 3   1 2 2
Faculty 4                     3  
IT (Information Technology)         1 1              
Management           1           1 1
Policy/Analysis   1                      
Postdoc                 7 1   10 1
Product Development           2              
Research Staff           1     1        
Student Services                         1
Other                 1     5 9

Employment Statistics: National Science Board (NSB) infographic of long-term career trajectories show the diverse possibilities for this discipline.

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