Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin

Every engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the engineering program at The University of Texas at Austin stacks up to those at other schools.

UT Austin is located in Austin, Texas and has a total student population of 50,476. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 399 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.

UT Austin Engineering Degrees Available

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

UT Austin Engineering Rankings

There were 205 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #8 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at UT Austin

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

UT Austin Engineering Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 399 students earned a master's degree in engineering from UT Austin. About 26% of these graduates were women and the other 74% were men.

In the engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 20% of degree recipients. That is 2% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	43
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	30
White	125
International Students	185
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

Concentrations Within Engineering

The following engineering concentations are available at The University of Texas at Austin. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at The University of Texas at Austin. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Electrical and Computer Engineering.	188
Civil Engineering	93
Mechanical Engineering	85
Petroleum Engineering	56
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	45
Chemical Engineering	39
Biomedical Engineering	32
Electrical Engineering	21
Environmental Engineering	17
Industrial Engineering	16
Materials Engineering	9
General Engineering	4
Engineering Mechanics	3

Related Majors

• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Engineering Technologies
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences
• Physical Sciences
• Architecture & Related Services

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 TX, the home state for The University of Texas at Austin.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Software Applications Developers	71,260	$108,760
Systems Software Developers	28,720	$110,740
Civil Engineers	24,460	$102,990
Mechanical Engineers	20,820	$105,570
Petroleum Engineers	19,260	$169,010

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Reid Sullivan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.