Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology at University of Houston

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

UH is located in Houston, Texas and approximately 47,090 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.

UH Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in ME Tech

UH Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The ME tech major at UH 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
Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	4
Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Technology Trade Schools	7
Best Mechanical Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	16
Best Value Mechanical Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	16
	22
Best Mechanical Engineering Technology Trade Schools	26
Most Focused Mechanical Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	36
Best Value Mechanical Engineering Technology Schools	39
	43
Most Focused Mechanical Engineering Technology Trade Schools	88

ME Tech Student Demographics at UH

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

UH Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 88 ME tech students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UH, about 92% were men and 8% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 47% more racial-ethnic minorities in its ME tech bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	16
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	43
White	18
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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

Related Majors

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 TX, the home state for University of Houston.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Mechanical Engineering Technicians	3,240	$67,740

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 RJN2 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.