How Much I Spent on My Mechanical Engineering Degree
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.ค. 2021
- Should you go to university/college? How expensive is university/college? Is it worth the amount of money you have to pay?
University can be expensive…so for anyone deciding on whether or not they should go to university, I made this video. I go into detail on how much money I’ve spent to get my degree. I discuss my spending on necessities like tuition, living expenses, transportation expenses, food, etc.
For reference, I studied mechanical engineering at the University of Waterloo, so the numbers you see in this video are specific to that program. Every university and every program can be different, but this just gives you an idea of what you can expect. Timestamps for every study term I had are as follows:
00:44 1A (Sep - Dec 2016)
03:44 1B (Jan - Apr 2017)
05:14 2A (Sep - Dec 2017)
06:42 2B (May - Aug 2018)
08:11 3A (Jan - Apr 2019)
09:40 3B (Sep - Dec 2019)
11:06 4A (Sep - Dec 2020)
12:06 4B (Jan - Apr 2021)
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My name is Tamer Shaheen and I am a recent mechanical engineering graduate from the University of Waterloo. I like to make videos about university/college, engineering, and personal development. Thank you so much for watching!!
Awesome videos. I am so glad you talk about the cost of university/college. Unfortunately, these days it seems like an afterthought when you graduate and have a difficult time finding a good paying job. I think the cost of university/college should be a big part of the higher education conversation right along with academics. You don't want a dream to turn into a nightmare.
I am about to graduate from the University of Virginia, and I've only spent 4k dollars once when I took 2 summer courses; every semester, the school would give me an average of 1k for free. So, you can say I did not pay anything to attend the University other than the opportunity cost and personal expenses such as clothing, toiletries, etc. In fact if you add all the money I received I got more money than what I spent for college. Also food, rent, and tuition was all included for free. I am so thankful :)
Was this a scholarship program? it sounds too good to be true What was the catch?
There are full ride scholarships at a lot of T50 universities. The only catch is you have to work your ass off during high school or for need based scholarships to be poor/ underrepresented@@jerrynotgerry7095
@@jerrynotgerry7095if you are dirt poor like me they literally pay you to go to school.
Ma Shaa Allah Brother keep making videos you remind me of Ana’s Nuur Ali, I think you took inspiration from his channel, which is exactly what I was looking for an Engineering version of his channel!
Yea I did haha. I def took inspiration from him with the videos I have on this channel.
Cool breakdown! Awesome videos! I'm a huge fan of community college options for some before a university. I think too many people go to a university too soon and end up spending way more money than necessary! You're resume only says where you graduated from - not if you transferred credits.
Yes! Community college for all the basic courses and prerequisites, off campus living, shared with roommates, learning to shop , coupons and cooking meals .
@@cardiyansane1414 Yes!! Love the coupon note! I still spend like an engineering student with no student loans. 😂
it was probably my best choice to go to Community College as well, it also gave me alot of free time to figure quite some stuff going on with life, and reevaluate my intentions to peruse my major to reach my goal.
You can’t transfer that many credits in canada unless you go to a meh university. Coming from a 3 year college program, I can only get 2 years taken off an engineering degree and only 1 for good schools. Going straight to university is the clear and better option.
@@pooblock4092 looks like we found the one way Canada sucks.
This is so fascinating from an international perspective. Studying in New Zealand is a bit different and I am compelled to hold my breath and calculate what I had to spend on my EE degree.
Haha yea...I’m curious to know how much it costs in New Zealand. So let me know once you calculate it.
@@TamerShaheen for us here in New Zealand , first year uni is free , I stayed at home but spent and hour going from home to uni everyday on the train , I spent those two hours studying or sleeping mostly on the train, I had no food costs Expect buying my own red bull for everyday of uni , also eating out a few times in the city , so I spent around 1000$ on red bull n takeaways , also bought a new phone and iPad + pencil so 2500$ on that , and then I spent 2,300$ in transport costs plus 8000$ in uni fees per year , ikr per year which is very decent , so my total cost of uni will be around 35000 $nzd for an electrical & electronic degree in a uni ranked 500 in the world , also our degree is recognised in the Washington accord , knowing your degree costs nearly 100k usd is like 140k nzd nearly 4x what mine costs
Love your videos bro big fan I’m trying to do electrical engineering and you keep me motivated!!!!!
Same bro. I’m doing electrical engineering
Eyy love to hear that :)
Cool. I got my B.Eng in 2019. I lived with my parents (which was a 50 min Go bus ride to university). My dad also had an RESP for me (which helped covered 70% of my tuition costs) and I had health and dental through his corporate insurance. My major expenses were just transportation and coffee/snack runs here and there.
Here in the Netherlands it's around 8k euros for 4 year degree and if your parent don't make a lot of money it gets fully paid by the government plus you get some extra money in your pocket each month(around 200 euros will be left after paying school costs). But I think in the US you have more opportunities to make a lot of money after school but still the 100k sounds soo expensive just for a degree.
It's the same thing in Québec though they just wanna spend Money for nothing while they can just change the province to study
I'm from Finland and I've Been thinking about studying engineering in netherlands. If you Have experience are universities in netherlands as good as their Said to Be? I've Also looked into german unis.
In Saudi Arabia, you get your bachelor's for FREE. You also get about 270 dollars as a stipend😁. It’s extremely rare to find anyone with a student loan.
Habibi come to California
Also kuwait 🫡
Same in Russia, any education is free in general, except for your second or third and etc if you are looking for diploma collecting
Love it keep it up bro.
Thanks, appreciate it :)
@@TamerShaheen :):):)
If you could, make a video about your first ME job and how you got it and compensation too, in order to see what new grad engineers can expect salary wise
Sure I’ll make a video about engineering salaries
Wow... That is a lot... In my country they pay the student to go to college. I will be getting a weekly wage from the state and they will also pay the college fees. There are a number of different grants offered from the state and generally, they cover everything.
Damn that’s awesome, what country r u from?
To be fair, your housing, transport, and food expenses are going to be there whether you are in school or not so I don't really count these in the cost of a degree. Might have been good to show the total with and without general living expenses.
How did you find housing in Waterloo? I'm hoping to go to University of Waterloo in 2022 for mechanical engineering but I was looking at different apartments/housing and the cheapest rent I could find was around 900 a month.
Mainly just contacting some of the leasing agencies there like KW4RENT or RezOne. But, those tend to be a bit expensive. Another option is to checkout some houses in the area that are usually a bit cheaper. I found those using kijiji or fb marketplace or looking at “for rent” signs outside the houses
Great video! As a diploma to degree mechanical engineering student, my first 3 years in community college are not that expensive but my last 2 years to complete my degree in university will be.
Excited for the journey! Already 1/5 yrs done XD
Nice, you got 4 years left...you got this and enjoy those next few years :)
Smart dude….. that’s my plan now
Im surprised how low it was and since you didn’t mention tuition help fees it honestly seems to be really really cheap! Congrats on graduating my guy I hope to be able to do what you did
He paid ultimately only 33% of that sum. But it is still extremely expensive in comparison with studying in Europe.
There you basically only pay around 600€ a year (transportation cost included) and oftentimes get the living expenses covered.
The highest debt that you can finish with is capped at 10000€. And you can get around 25-50% discount on paying back immediately.
@@MetallicReg WAIT WHAT ONLY 600 PER YEAR WITH TRANSPORTATION?!??
@@_TSC_46 Yep. In fact the universities themselves (including the elite ones) are free. Around ~250€ (of that sum each semester) are basically the mobility tax (where you can travel freely in your respective country/area). The rest are social fees and document costs.
However, many students also have a job on the side - so that they don’t have any debt at all in the end.
Yes, it is a lot of money, but it's definitely worth it! As Mechanical Engineers, we get to literally build the future. We get to define what it's like to live five, ten, fifty years from now. We get to build things to send into space, and eventually, build things IN space. So think of the tuition fees as an investment. As a good mechanical engineer, you definitely will make your money back! I personally think it's absolutely worth it, and I try to show why, with my TH-cam videos about mechanical engineering. As always, great video Tamer, keep up the good work :)
As a comparison, for anyone wondering, I am in my fourth year of Mechanical Engineering at University of Manitoba (also in Canada). I live in the city with my parents, so only need to worry about university related costs. I am on track to pay a total of $35,000 for my degree.
Oh wow the tuition is so much cheaper than Waterloo
@@TamerShaheen yeah it's about 3000 per term, including all university fees. Parking is 600 per year. I think cost of living and average wages are all different though.
In the US where I’m going, I gotta pay over 30 grand per semester for 8 semesters . . . . .
@King Sultan no, actually it will be a 6 year degree now, so two more years. And no, it's not really anything like high school at all
@King Sultan nope, just Bachelor. It can theoretically be done in 4, but it's uncommon. It all depends on your course load, scheduling issues, any failure, and amount of extra curriculars
How much did you make thru coops. They probably helped a lot paying it off. Btw I'm going into mechanical engineering at UWaterloo this fall! Thanks for the vids!
I think I’ve prolly made around $50k-60k through co-ops (but that number is before taxes and living expenses)
Thanks for that detailed vodeo
Please make a video on what type of laptop students need?
Some ppl out there think they need workstation laptops...
You definitely don’t need a workstation laptop, I’ve used a 2015 MacBook Pro during university and had no issues with it. But sure, I’ll make a video about that topic.
@@TamerShaheen thats great :)
good video!! I have a question, how many subjects do you have in a term? My mind explodes, because you had 4 years studying, right? I am doing industrial engineering and the program is 6-7 years
sorry for my bad english i don't normally speak it
he does the coop program so 8 terms of study and 6 terms of work, adding up to 5 years in total to get the degree. Each term is 4month long btw
Each term, I had 5 or 6 courses. I studied engineering for 5 years. It wasn’t 4 years since I was doing internships during my time at university. Also, don’t worry about your English...it sounds good 👌
Wow! $100,196 to get an engineering degree. How were you able to pay for this? The only good thing I see from paying this much money is getting an engineering degree. I am not hating on getting an engineering degree but damn. Also, I wanted to know what are the similarities and differences between Mechanical Engineering and Computer Engineering? Finally, I wanted to say that you are doing such an amazing job making these videos. I hope you have a great day. :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
He goes to Waterloo which gives u 6 coop terms averaging roughly 14 to 15k each . U could also get coops and super good companies and get around 25k or even 30k each coop term. U would probs still graduate with debt but it wouldn't be anywhere near 6 figures.
@Abdullah Abdullah thanks for the information
Mechanical engineering leads to jobs like designing objects and parts of a car . Computer engineering is more of creating software and making it work with components of computer but they mostly do software work
About 33% I paid for with the money I made from my coops and internships. Another 33% was paid through my scholarships. Finally, for the last 33%, my parents helped me with it.
I’ll make a video comparing Mechanical and Computer Engineering to answer that question
Hello! I’m going into electrical engineering this fall and I was wondering if a MacBook Pro laptop is good for engineering since it’s the only one that I have. Will the MacBook Pro work just as good as a Windows computer?? Btw I love your videos😁
Yea it will work well. I’ve used my 2015 MacBook Pro and it was great. Thanks :)
Windows machine is better for engineering because there’s software you need to install for labs and such that are not always compatible with macOS. One method is to buy a Windows computer and then buy an iPad, which is so nice for taking notes.
Bro, those are rookie numbers compared to the school I went to. I went to Florida Institute of Technology for one term to pursue ME and it easily cost around $29,000. By the way, it was a private institute near NASA. In one year it was about $60,000 USD, which is about $240,000 in 4 years. Bro, trust me you're lucky. The school did offer a lot of great experiences and I got to meet a lot of wonderful people and friends, but the price was just too expensive. Many students had the opportunity to work for NASA after graduating because of the internship offered there. Even though I had a merit scholarship and government-funded programs like grants, it didn't help bring the cost down that much. I had to pay out of pocket. The worst part is that you're required to stay on campus and pay for a meal plan during your first semester. It was mandatory. I left after that semester and to community school (the best decision ever made). Bro, I saved so much money and I got extra each semester, then transferred to a public university when expenses were way cheaper.
Hello bro, I have been thinking about mechanical engineering as a major for study, I like very much cars, what is your opinion about automotive engineering in Canada. Is it a good major choice? Thank you 🙌🏻
Hey if you don't mind.. could you answer this. How did you manage your fees? Were these funded by your parents?, Or by a business you own or by a part time jobs or sth? Thank you.
I did a lot of paid internships during my undergrad that help fund my tuition which covered like 40%. I also applied for a ton grants as well and that covered like 30%. Then, my parents helped me with the remaining 30%.
@@TamerShaheen all these in a bachelor's Honors degree right? Grants you mean scholarships?
I completed my Bachelor's in Mechanical engineering from India and working in GE and I paid 16k (16660 )USD for my bachelor's.
thanks for the video it helped us a lot
But were you able to pay some of the tuition fee using co-op, can you pls give a rough estimate?
Yea I think about 1/3 of my university expenses, I was able to pay with co-op
@@TamerShaheen oh OK thanks
His first semester fees is equivalent to the fees of my whole engineering!!!
Damn that's expensive!
Hey bro can you tell me how you got internships in foreign countries and how did you ask for house relocation ecc?
Or you could fo a video about it in sha Allah
Thanks
I just applied on LinkedIn. Usually, I’d stay in an Airbnb when I’m on an internship. I have a video about internships that goes over how I apply to internships on my channel.
All my uni's fees, including new textbooks and tuition are less than $1000 per semester where I live in Western Europe. It's hard to appreciate how big of a financial commitment these studies are in the US and Canada.
I'm stunned that he had to pay 7 grand just for the tuition in his first semester. Really opens an eye on how privileged most European students are as my first semester tuition amounted to just 300€. O_O
In Brazil, you don’t even have to pay anything other than your taxes to study in public universities.
I paid 100 euro every year and got paid 2000 by the Belgian goverment , such a blessing
Maybe I should’ve studied in Europe then 😞
@@arthurpinho6460 Sim, mas os custos para se mantar acaba dando um gasto tremendo tbm kkk eu faço computação na UFMG, gasto 600 por mês com moradia + uns 300 com alimentação (irei arredondar para 1k por mês), porém, recebo um auxílio de 240, então fica algo em torno de 760 por mês. Como o curso demora 5 anos, terei aí um gasto próximo de 45k no total kkk vi muitos aq comentando q o custo total seria uns 60k morando com os pais, então a distância n está tão longe (claro q dólares é diferente de real, mas como cada um irá gastar em seu próprio país, o peso no bolso da quase na mesma)
Do you think it's worth investing 250k in computer science degree in Waterloo as an international student? As i have to take loan and pay it back with co-op and job afterwards!!
Computer science degree is worth it cuz the job prospects for it are really good. But, because ur international...look into scholarships maybe so u don’t have to pay so much right away?
What happens in the months in between after 1A-1B before the next semester?
Internship
Please make a day in a life video
Will do!
Does it matter where you go to school for engineering?
You have to eat food regardless so it’s not associated with an engineering degree cost
Ight time to start saving up
HAHA 😂 I guess it’s time
Is it alright ro use a MacBook for engineering?Cuz I heard that MacBooks are not good with using numerous programs at once, which you will frequently do in engineering.
I personally used a MacBook and boot-camped windows to use certain software since I really like Apple products 😅
As Tamer said, you can bootcamp windows if necessary, but this disqualifies the M1 devices, because they cannot run windows.
I am now going to study undergraduate degree and I am not certain whether to study electrical or mechanical engineering.i would love to hear your suggestions on this.please help me with this one that which one is more good and has a great prospect on future
do mechanical lol. my friend said EE is harder
It’s way higher for an international student 👩🎓
Why didn't you get scholarships or fee waivers?
Im so glad we pay 0 € for Tuition fees in my countries university in Europe :)
Hi, I wonder if you can share some of the text book titles you had to buy.
Shigley’s Mechanical Engineering Design was the only textbook I really needed to buy
What percentage of your ME class actually ended up becoming mechanical engineers? Seems like ME is a very versatile degree that can land you jobs outside of ME as well. Thanks :)
Hmm I’m not sure what the actual percentage is. However, I know that a good amount of people have mechanical engineering jobs in several industries like consumer electronics, aerospace, biomedical, automotive, etc. But, there were a few that got jobs working as Product Managers. Also, a small amount got jobs in software (they did a lot of additional learning on their own tho).
@@TamerShaheen Also I heard a lot of engineers end up going into business/finance. Is that true with your class?
@@DbossGamesStudios i know a couple kids who transferred to business/comp sci
Is the fee higher for international student?
which ipad did u get for $300 ? also what website did u use, kijiji ?
I got the iPad 2018 model and I bought it off Facebook marketplace
Holy moly. I just startet ME in Denmark. We get paid for taking a education.
why didn't you invest in a community college to save money in your first years of school?
They don’t have community colleges in canada
$100,196 CAD = $78,180.39 USD
still costs a lot of money, but it’s worth it!
Yea I think so
Is that Canadian dollars or USD?
We have 5 years of engineering in Sudan
I think I spent only 1000$ for all 10 semesters 😂😂
Hey how can i study in waterloo without funds
You made over 100k from internships though right?
Hey can you tell me how much are you making from working at tesla ?
It’s not possible for him to disclose but avg mechanical eng salary is like 80k
Yea I’m not allowed to say...but the average is usually between 75k - 115k for engineers in the Bay Area who are recent grads
@@TamerShaheen bro are you working in Tesla. That's Awesome. Can u pls make a video about joining and working at Tesla please?
For an international student this cost would be 250K CAD more- is it worth investing 350K CAD for an international student?
Bruh whaaa, you’re kidding
@@beatsbyturbo6233 nope. My daughter has received offer for admission from Waterloo @62K CAD tuition fee per year. She is a great student , unfortunately I don’t want to pay this huge amount.
@@rakeshvashishta yeah I don’t think Waterloo is worth that much, better to pay that much for Ivy League USA. What program she got?
@@beatsbyturbo6233 waterloo engineering is most definetly worth that much lol. i would say it competes with ivy league schools when it comes to engineering.
@@beatsbyturbo6233 she wants to study biomedical or mechanical. Now she is looking at Australian universities because they offer merit based tuition fee rebates for international students. She has 30-50% tuition fee rebate offer from UniSydney and UniAdelaide.
Welcome to reality. I spend more than that living every year. Tuition is now Property taxes and insurance.
I did entire mechanical engineering for 4 years in ~ $700
Damn, I'm Canadian too but my degree is costing me around $60k
Oh that’s good...does that include all your additional expenses too?
@@TamerShaheen I'm living at home so no residence fees, but yeah that includes the cost of my laptop, monthly food and textbook and supplies
well Ronald mcdonalds I got to work in the cherry for the next 8 years to reach that amount
How did you pay for it. cash or students loans
Used the money I made from my internships
what could be the major diff for an international student
International students pay like $50K per year I believe. There’s a huge difference 😫
I paid about 3000 Euros tuition for 4 years bachelor mech eng 💀
Yea Europe is soo much better than Canada and the US when it comes to tuition
International students at Waterloo- are u kidding, we pay 60k per year!!😑
Yea I heard it’s brutal for international students
Can you do a video to show how you get free textbook online
I’m not sure if I’m allowed to do that tbh lol
@@TamerShaheen then do i know if the textbook is good enough to purchase
Here in brazil the best universities are free(public).
I dont pay to study engeneering.
Woah that’s amazing 😯
ta fazendo qual engenharia parceiro
@@gianlucabrandi9675 controle e automação
@@LuisBetinassi opa estamos juntos então, tô fazendo controle e automaçao tbm
Dang 100k
100k holy shit, thank god i’m born in quebec
Wait lol, how does the fact that u were born in Quebec affect the price
@@TamerShaheen when i go to quebec schools my tuition for each semester is only 700$ because i’m quebec resident
Oh wow that’s incredible 😯
Woah! This is incredibly cheap. It could easily cost over 100k PER YEAR to attend any of the top 50 universities in the US given if you are not an in state student going to a public university.
Woah! The US is crazy!
how much did OSAP cover from that $100k
Not sure exactly what the number was, but I think it was somewhere between $20k - $30k
UK gang with £9250 a year, lesss goo
good lord. I pray you pay off your loans QUICK.
Can you make a video for international students
Do u have any specific questions u want answered?
@@TamerShaheen Can they get loans from Canadian banks and if possible then on what interest rates? Are there any suggestion for double majour at undergraduate level with Computer science from any experience from any friend of yours?
Great work Tamer.Thanks one again.
Love from Pakistan 🇵🇰 👏 👍🏻 👌 😀 .
It's so expensive though
Here in Morocco I paid $30 a year, not a semester
What do u mean $30 a year?? How can it be that cheap?!
@@TamerShaheen It's free, and mechanical engineering took 5 years
@@TamerShaheen And also we are studying in French language
Why did you delete the Tesla day in life video
I was wondering why too
@@neolxi same
I know a lot of people found it useful in visualizing what the life of an engineer is like, but I unfortunately had to remove it
What's total????
About $100k
I expect student loan forgave.....
Since your CGPA was high
MacBook Pro 🤨🤨🤨 for engineering….
dammm thats a lot
Lol, "airpods $300, all those things I need..."
I was living in a loud Arab household, so I needed noise-cancelling AirPods to focus in my online class or interviews 😭
Lol how is a backpack $100
Idk lol...it lasted me over 5 years so far, so I think it was worth it
Here in Iran, the best universities are free. we don't pay to study engineering. this is the only advantage of Iran.😂
That’s a really cool advantage 😅
You suppose to study Economy instead mechanic 😂🐐
Haha fair enough 😆
You really scammed yourself buying Apple products
I’m an Apple fanboy 😞
@@TamerShaheen I appreciate the honesty lol. Good products, but the prices are just too high.
300 dollar airpods needed for school lol keep buying stupid overpriced products