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Mechanical Engineering Schools in Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA (population: 305,708) has four mechanical engineering schools within its city limits. Carnegie Mellon University, the highest ranked school in the city with a mechanical engineering program, has a total student population of 11,197. It is the 44th highest ranked school in the USA and the 3rd highest in the state of Pennsylvania (#1 is University of Pennsylvania). To learn more about mechanical engineering programs in Pittsburgh, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of mechanical engineering professors at Carnegie Mellon University such as Burcu Akinci, Shelley Anna, Mehdi Asheghi, James Bain, Jack Beuth, and Michael Bockstaller.

Mechanical Engineering students from Pittsburgh schools who go on to become mechanical engineers, mechanical design engineers, mechanical drafters, mechanical designers, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 232,660 people working as mechanical engineers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $80,580. Also, Mechanical engineering technicians make on average $50,700 per year and there are about 43,580 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Pittsburgh area alone, there are 660 employed mechanical engineering technicians earning an average salary of $41,680. Mechanical engineers in this area earn $77,190/yr and there are 2,510 employed.

Pittsburgh lies in Allegheny county, which is one of the 32 counties in Pennsylvania. Overall, the Pittsburgh area has 1,114,880 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 0.5% unemployment rate, $19.93/hr average worker wage, and a $41,450 average annual salary. Thus, about 2.252 out of every 1000 jobs in Pittsburgh are held by mechanical engineers, and 0.595/1000 are held by mechanical engineering technicians.

Of the 4 mechanical engineering schools in Pittsburgh, only 2 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Carnegie Mellon University comes out as the most expensive ($29,746/yr) for mechanical engineering students, with Rosedale Technical Institute as the lowest, reported at only $14,592/yr.

Mechanical Engineering Programs in Pittsburgh

• Mechanical Engineering
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD

• Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology/Technician
  

  Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors

• Mechanical Engineering
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD

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