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Internships & After Graduation


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Internships

Over the past five years, 78% of graduates participated in summer internship work experiences. In addition to gaining practical experience, many internships led directly to offers of employment. Recently, students have interned at companies such as:

  • Alcoa
  • Aerotech
  • Armstrong World Industries
  • Exelon
  • General Electric Transportation 
  • Honda R&D Americas
  • Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab
  • Johnson Controls
  • Kodak
  • Lockheed Martin
  • Mitsubishi Electric Power Products
  • NASA Langley
  • Siemens Industry
  • Timken
  • Volvo Group Trucks
  • Whirlpool Corp.
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 

Students usually participate in engineering internships during the summer between the junior and senior years. Some students find internships after their freshman and/or sophomore years. Internships are work experiences formally designated as such by the employer, or work experiences with a significant internship component but lacking a formal designation.

After Graduation

For the Class of 2021, 96% of Mechanical Engineering graduates found employment or gained admittance into a graduate program within six months of graduation. Starting salaries for 2021 graduates averaged $60,428 with a maximum offer of $80K. Graduates of the department have accepted positions at:

  • Alcoa
  • BAE Systems
  • Bechtel Plant Machinery, Inc. (BPMI)
  • Cardone Industries
  • Ford Motor Company
  • General Dynamics Electric Boat
  • General Electric Transportation 
  • Honda R&D Americas
  • Johnson Controls
  • Karpinski Engineering
  • Lockheed Martin
  • Siemens Building Technologies
  • Stanley Black & Decker
  • Timken
  • Toyota Motors and Manufacturing
  • TURBOCAM International
  • Westinghouse Electric Company

Many graduates continue their studies at top professional and graduate programs. Recent graduated classes enrolled in the M.S. or Ph.D. mechanical engineering program at the following institutions:

  • Carnegie Mellon University
  • Colorado State University
  • Florida State University
  • Gannon University
  • Georgia Tech
  • Johns Hopkins University
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
  • Oregon State University
  • Pennsylvania State University
  • Princeton University
  • Purdue University
  • Temple University
  • Texas A&M University
  • University of Alabama
  • University of Delaware
  • University of Florida
  • University of Kentucky
  • University of Maryland
  • University of Michigan
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • University of Virginia
  • University of Wisconsin - Madison
  • Vancouver Film School
  • Virginia Tech

Students are prepared to take the Fundamentals of Engineering exam, the first step towards obtaining the Professional Engineer License. Nearly 100% of Grove City College students pass the first time they take the exam.

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