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Engineering at The University of Alabama

If you plan to study engineering, take a look at what The University of Alabama has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UA is located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and approximately 37,840 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 95 students received their master's degree in engineering.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

UA Engineering Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Engineering
  • Doctorate Degree in Engineering

UA Engineering Rankings

There were 30 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #102 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at UA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the engineering majors at The University of Alabama.

UA Engineering Master’s Program

32% Women
6% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 68% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 32% went to women.

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Of the students who received a engineering master's degree from UA, 76% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Alabama with a master's in engineering.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 72
International Students 16
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Concentrations Within Engineering

The following engineering concentations are available at The University of Alabama. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from The University of Alabama. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Mechanical Engineering 35
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 33
Civil Engineering 20
Electrical Engineering 17
Chemical Engineering 10
Environmental Engineering 4
Metallurgical Engineering 4
Materials Engineering 2

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for AL, the home state for The University of Alabama.

Occupation Jobs in AL Average Salary in AL
Software Applications Developers 6,210 $96,400
Industrial Engineers 5,630 $87,870
Electrical Engineers 4,540 $97,310
Civil Engineers 4,370 $84,320
Systems Software Developers 4,360 $105,890

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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