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Mechanical Engineering Ph.D.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1. Upon completion of the degree, students should be able to conduct his/her own research in the field of Mechanical Engineering and able to publish technical papers in professional journals.

2. Student to conduct successful progress toward the completion of PhD dissertation.

3. PhD students should have fundamental knowledge and his/her major area of Mechanical Engineering as well as in applied mathematics.

4. Students should obtain graduate level mathematical skills for solving engineering analysis problems and simulating engineering systems. Also, to learn continuous and discrete methods including Initial and boundary value problems for ordinary and partial differential equations.

SUCCESS RATES

47.5%

8-year graduation rate

5.63

Avg. years to degree

MEDIAN EARNINGS

$134,823

10 years after graduation

$106,052

5 years after graduation

$66,227

1 year after graduation

PLACEMENT2 years after graduation

N/A

Working in New York

4.6%

Continuing Education

Notes

Graduation rates: the percent of students entering the doctoral program any time during the academic year and graduating by May 31 eight years later. Methodology adheres to guidelines from the AAU Data Exchange doctoral completion rates and means that spring entrants have less time to complete. Average of three most recent reporting years (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24) Years to degree: the average number of years it takes a student to complete the selected program. Average of the three most recent completion years (2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23). No Asterisk-Earnings: the median annual earnings of graduates in the selected program at the master’s degree level based on the 2-digit CIP code at 1, 5 and 10 years after graduation. U.S. Census, Postsecondary Enrollment Outcomes Explorer. Degree completers from 2001-2018 in 2020 dollars. Asterisk- Earnings: the median annual earnings of graduates in the selected program at the master’s degree level at 1, 5 and 10 years after graduation. SUNY Graduates Post Completions Interactive Dashboard. Degree completers from 2005-2019 in 2020 dollars. Working in NY State: the percent of graduates working in New York State two years after graduation. SUNY Wages Dashboard, includes graduates from 2015-18. Most recent available data from SUNY as of January 31, 2024