Mechanical Engineering
30MEDIAN PAY, 15 MO£37,000
SATISFACTION86%
CONTINUATION85%
PROFESSIONAL JOBS90%
DESTINATION-WEIGHTEDAI is already used for about 30% of the work its graduates go into (Moderate).
Mechanical Engineering
BEng · University of Derby
The pay story
- £37,000Median, 15 months after graduating (HESA Graduate Outcomes)
- £40,000Median, 3 years out (LEO)
- £46,000Median, 5 years out (LEO)
That 15-month median sits at the 93th 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
- 95%Found their work meaningful
- 95%Felt on track with their career
- 90%In professional-level work
Where the pay comes from
- 72 / 100Information Technology Professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
- 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 5% of graduatescards →
- 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
- 40 / 100Science, engineering and technology associate professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
- 32 / 100Artistic, literary and media 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).