Engineering at University of Alabama at Birmingham

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

UAB is located in Birmingham, Alabama and has a total student population of 22,563. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 211 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.

UAB Engineering Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UAB

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

For those who are interested in distance learning, UAB does offer online courses in engineering for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

UAB Engineering Rankings

There were 12 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #164 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at UAB

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

UAB Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 211 engineering students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UAB, about 82% were men and 18% were women.

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 University of Alabama at Birmingham with a master's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	27
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	104
International Students	49
Other Races/Ethnicities	19

Concentrations Within Engineering

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Engineering	143
Electrical and Computer Engineering.	20
Mechanical Engineering	17
Materials Engineering	14
Civil Engineering	12
Biomedical Engineering	8
Other Engineering	8
Computer Engineering	1

Related Majors

• Mathematics & Statistics
• Physical Sciences
• Computer & Information Sciences
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences

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 University of Alabama at Birmingham.

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.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.