Mechanical Engineering
29MEDIAN PAY, 15 MO£30,000
SATISFACTION82%
CONTINUATION82%
PROFESSIONAL JOBS70%
DESTINATION-WEIGHTEDAI is already used for about 29% of the work its graduates go into (Moderate).
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Mechanical Engineering
BEng · Manchester Metropolitan University · 3 years
The pay story
- £30,000Median, 15 months after graduating (HESA Graduate Outcomes)
- £24,500Median, 3 years out (LEO)
- £31,000Median, 5 years out (LEO)
That 15-month median sits at the 23th percentile of 1,186 Engineering and Technology courses nationally (ties counted as half, so a course on the median never reads as below it).
Graduate voice
- 85%Found their work meaningful
- 80%Felt on track with their career
- 70%In professional-level work
Where the pay comes from
- 72 / 100Information Technology Professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
- 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 5% of graduatescards →
- 50 / 100Business and Financial Project Management Professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
- 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 10% of graduatescards →
- 40 / 100Sales occupations · 5% of graduatescards →
MORE ON THIS COURSEClassic profile (reviews, comparisons, open days, campus video) · this course as data. Measured August 2026; pay, satisfaction and continuation figures are the course's own published data (HESA GO / LEO / NSS).