Online Master of Engineering Management Career Outcomes

Build On Your Engineering Skills With Management Training

Enhance Your Career Potential | Add-On Certificates Available

The online Master of Engineering Management program gives you advanced engineering techniques, leadership strategies and management skills. Build on your existing areas of expertise as you prepare for senior positions. You can become a leader for technical teams, projects and organizations.

  • Technical management is needed in every industry
  • Complement your engineering skills with management skills

What Makes Us Unique?

  • Increase your earnings by preparing to advance into leadership roles.
  • Enhance your skills with a variety of course offerings.
  • Exam-free, lab-based program with no due dates during the work week.
  • Strengthen skills in a specialized area with a MEM Certificate and earn credits toward the MEM degree.
  • Earn a degree from one of the nation’s leading research institutions.

Open Up High-Impact, High-Visibility Roles

With your Master of Engineering Management, you will be prepared for highly paid roles leading technical teams and organizations. Many of these positions require a master's degree.

  • Engineering Manager

    $165,370

    per year1

  • Training and Development Manager

    $125,040

    per year2

  • Industrial Production Manager

    $116,970

    per year3

  • Computer Systems Analyst

    $103,800

    per year4

The Skills You Need to Make an Impact in Engineering

The online Master of Engineering Management degree is designed for working professionals who are preparing to make the jump from technical roles to leadership positions that require earning the trust of superiors, peers and subordinates. Our career-oriented, application-focused curriculum means you can increase your influence and effectiveness in your current position and become a stronger candidate for more senior roles.

Our Master of Engineering Management graduates often go on to work in the public sector and for well-known companies like Ford, GM, Boeing, and Raytheon. Your engineering management degree gives you the skills to improve efficiency and performance in these organizations and many more.

  • About 14,000 openings for architectural and engineering managers are projected each year, on average, from 2021 to 2031.1
  • About 15,400 openings for industrial production managers are projected each year, on average, from 2021 to 2031.3
  • Industrial production managers who worked in transportation equipment manufacturing made a median annual wage of $119,400 in 2021.3

Program Outcomes and Skills Acquired

What You'll Learn

  • Develop your technical management skills so you can organize, direct and oversee teams.
  • Master data analytics so you can measure performance and identify threats and opportunities.
  • Sharpen your professional communication and leadership skills to grow in influence and effectiveness.

Skills You'll Gain

  • Advanced engineering skills
  • Professional communication
  • Project management
  • Data-driven decision-making
  • Applied accounting and finance

Career Services

Ohio University's Career & Student Success Center offers a variety of expert, personalized career services specifically for business students and alumni. With OHIO's Career Acceleration Team (GradCAT), you will also have access to four months of support from a dedicated team that includes a personal career coach, a branding expert and a career concierge. Our alumni benefit from a proprietary technology platform and one free coaching session each year – for life.

Personalized Career Coaching

We offer convenient, live coaching via video conference or by phone to help you prepare for career success and maximize your professional potential. We help you determine your career goals, then ensure you have the resources you need to achieve them.

Job Search Resources

Put your best foot forward and stand out to employers with helpful templates, detailed best-practice guidelines and more. We also offer job search tools like personal assessments, professional development webinars and online resources that can be accessed anywhere, anytime through our industry-leading technology platform.

Professional Development Sessions

OHIO students can also participate in free professional development sessions led by industry experts. These live, virtual sessions cover topics like career self-concept, basic job search skills, and how to qualify for promotions and prepare for leadership opportunities.

Sources

  1. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, Architectural and Engineering Managers. Retrieved October 10, 2024, from https://www.bls.gov/ooh/management/architectural-and-engineering-managers.htm.  
  2. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, Training and Development Managers. Retrieved October 10, 2024, from https://www.bls.gov/ooh/management/training-and-development-managers.htm.
  3. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, Industrial Production Managers. Retrieved October 10, 2024, from https://www.bls.gov/ooh/management/industrial-production-managers.htm.
  4. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, Computer Systems Analysts. Retrieved October 10, 2024, from https://www.bls.gov/ooh/computer-and-information-technology/computer-systems-analysts.htm.
  5. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, Construction Managers. Retrieved October 10, 2024, from https://www.bls.gov/ooh/management/construction-managers.htm.
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