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Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor's) Programs in Oklahoma, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

  • 5 programs report first-year pay
  • 5 also report federal debt
  • Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering

College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025

The short answer

The median Oklahoma mechanical engineering bachelor's program pays its graduates $70,220 in their first year, $505 less than the national median. University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus reports the highest first-year pay ($71,424), and University of Tulsa the lowest median debt ($19,500).

Median first-year pay$70,220National $70,725
Median pay after 5 years$90,509National $91,554
Median federal debt$21,821National $24,730
Debt-to-earnings31%National 35%

All 5 programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

Debt and first-year pay at every Oklahoma mechanical engineering program

Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Oklahoma medians.

Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only the 5 programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

  1. University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus$71,424
  2. University of Central Oklahoma$71,362
  3. University of Tulsa$70,220
  4. Oklahoma State$69,905
  5. Oklahoma Christian University$65,764

Lowest median debt

  1. University of Tulsa$19,500
  2. Oklahoma State$21,750
  3. University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus$21,821
  4. Oklahoma Christian University$23,000
  5. University of Central Oklahoma$31,000

Lowest debt for the pay

  1. University of Tulsa28%
  2. University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus31%
  3. Oklahoma State31%
  4. Oklahoma Christian University35%
  5. University of Central Oklahoma43%

"Debt for the pay" is median debt divided by first-year pay. Only programs that report both figures are included.

Careers this field leads to

These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to mechanical engineering, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.

Mechanical Engineers

$101,850

Median pay in Oklahoma. 2,270 people work in this job in Oklahoma. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 11% from 2025 to 2035, with about 17,800 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.

Bottom 10%: $70,070Top 10%: $136,110

Cost Estimators

$67,800

Median pay in Oklahoma. 1,860 people work in this job in Oklahoma. Nationally, jobs are projected to shrink 3% from 2025 to 2035, with about 17,600 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.

Bottom 10%: $42,700Top 10%: $104,750

Architectural and Engineering Managers

$157,330

Median pay in Oklahoma. 2,070 people work in this job in Oklahoma. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 6% from 2025 to 2035, with about 14,900 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus 5 years or more of related work experience.

Bottom 10%: $108,990Top 10%: $234,620

Aerospace Engineers

$125,470

Median pay in Oklahoma. 1,090 people work in this job in Oklahoma. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 8% from 2025 to 2035, with about 3,800 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.

Bottom 10%: $80,040Top 10%: $161,780

Common questions

University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus in Norman reports the highest median first-year pay, $71,424. Its median federal debt is $21,821.

Related pages

Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor's) programs in the US, ranked302 programs by pay and debt

About this data

  • Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
  • Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
  • Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Oklahoma rankings when their main campus is in another state.
  • Medians are across the mechanical engineering bachelor's programs that report each figure, so the counts differ by figure. Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.

Sources

  1. U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
  2. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
  3. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
  4. NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024