York, PA has two mechanical engineering schools within its city limits. York College Pennsylvania, the highest ranked school in the city with a mechanical engineering program, has a total student population of 5,564. It is the 294th highest ranked school in the USA and the 26th highest in the state of Pennsylvania (#1 is University of Pennsylvania). To learn more about mechanical engineering programs in York, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of mechanical engineering professors at York College Pennsylvania such as David Babcock, Emine Celik, Jennifer Dawson, Timothy Garrison, Jim Kearns, and Stephen Kuchnicki.
Mechanical Engineering students from York 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 York-Hanover area alone, there are 30 employed mechanical engineering technicians earning an average salary of $57,250. Mechanical engineers in this area earn $67,640/yr and there are 440 employed.
York lies in York county, which is one of the 32 counties in Pennsylvania. Overall, the York-Hanover area has 173,720 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1.7% unemployment rate, $18.69/hr average worker wage, and a $38,880 average annual salary. Thus, about 2.556 out of every 1000 jobs in York are held by mechanical engineers, and 0.196/1000 are held by mechanical engineering technicians.
Of the 2 mechanical engineering schools in York, none have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, York College Pennsylvania comes out as the most expensive ($16,530/yr) for mechanical engineering students, with Pennsylvania State University-Penn State York as the lowest, reported at only $11,555/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from York |
| Mechanicsburg | PA | - | 1 | 6.86716 | 7 | 22.9 miles |
| Harrisburg | PA | 46,941 | 9 | 12.8661 | 254 | 23.4 miles |
| Carlisle | PA | - | 2 | 37.9041 | 58 | 29.8 miles |
| Emmitsburg | MD | - | 1 | 64.5126 | 59 | 36.5 miles |
| Owings Mills | MD | - | 2 | 12.2029 | 18 | 37.7 miles |
| Towson | MD | 55,491 | 3 | 39.9767 | 128 | 39.3 miles |
| Lincoln University | PA | - | 1 | 24.1268 | 75 | 43.8 miles |
| Baltimore | MD | 632,410 | 22 | 31.3695 | 925 | 46.3 miles |
| Ellicott City | MD | 73,232 | 0 | - | 0 | 48.2 miles |
| Catonsville | MD | 43,590 | 0 | - | 0 | 48.6 miles |
| North East | MD | - | 1 | 7.7142 | 47 | 48.7 miles |
| Dundalk | MD | 66,755 | 0 | - | 0 | 49.4 miles |
| Reading | PA | 80,046 | 7 | 29.6919 | 274 | 49.6 miles |
| Frederick | MD | 59,727 | 2 | 38.8415 | 121 | 52.1 miles |
| Linthicum | MD | - | 1 | 23.7302 | 4 | 52.5 miles |
| Severn | MD | 47,939 | 0 | - | 0 | 56.9 miles |
| Hagerstown | MD | - | 3 | 18.5628 | 88 | 57.2 miles |
| Pottsville | PA | - | 3 | 16.975 | 32 | 57.3 miles |
| Exton | PA | - | 3 | 20.3095 | 11 | 58.5 miles |
| Olney | MD | 41,213 | 1 | 14.4703 | 35 | 59.3 miles |
| Montgomery Village | MD | 43,313 | 0 | - | 0 | 59.5 miles |
| Pottstown | PA | - | 2 | 23.767 | 4 | 60.3 miles |
| Germantown | MD | 71,619 | 0 | - | 0 | 61.1 miles |
| Immaculata | PA | - | 1 | 58.1716 | 78 | 61.7 miles |
| Sunbury | PA | - | 2 | 33.8045 | 7 | 62.4 miles |
| Gaithersburg | MD | 59,755 | 2 | 35.5602 | 8 | 62.7 miles |
| Aspen Hill | MD | 53,748 | 0 | - | 0 | 63.2 miles |
| Rockville | MD | 63,567 | 2 | 20.9627 | 85 | 65.1 miles |
| New Castle | DE | - | 1 | 19.251 | 66 | 65.1 miles |
| Arnold | MD | - | 2 | 15.7612 | 101 | 65.5 miles |