Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology at Kent State University at Kent

If you plan to study mechanical engineering/mechanical technology/technician, take a look at what Kent State University at Kent has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Kent State is located in Kent, Ohio and approximately 26,822 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology section at the bottom of this page.

Kent State Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in ME Tech

Kent State Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks ME tech programs across the country. The following shows how Kent State performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The ME tech major at Kent State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Mechanical Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	39
	43
Best Mechanical Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	44
Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	45
Most Focused Mechanical Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	59
Best Mechanical Engineering Technology Trade Schools	65
Best Value Mechanical Engineering Technology Schools	67
	68
Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Technology Trade Schools	87
Most Focused Mechanical Engineering Technology Trade Schools	165

ME Tech Student Demographics at Kent State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the ME tech majors at Kent State University at Kent.

Kent State Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 70% of ME tech bachelor's degrees went to men and 30% went to women. The typical ME tech bachelor's degree program is made up of only 11% women. So female students are more repesented at Kent State since its program graduates 19% more women than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Kent State University at Kent with a bachelor's in ME tech.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Kent State also has a doctoral program available in ME tech. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Aeronautical/Aerospace Engineering Technology

Careers That ME Tech Grads May Go Into

A degree in ME tech can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for OH, the home state for Kent State University at Kent.

Occupation	Jobs in OH	Average Salary in OH
Mechanical Engineering Technicians	2,430	$54,660

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By JonRidinger under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.