Engineering at University of Alabama in Huntsville

If you are interested in studying engineering, you may want to check out the program at University of Alabama in Huntsville. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UAH is located in Huntsville, Alabama and approximately 9,999 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 100 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.

UAH Engineering Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UAH

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UAH offers distance education options for engineering at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

UAH Engineering Rankings

There were 25 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #114 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at UAH

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

UAH Engineering Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 100 engineering majors earned their master's degree from UAH. Of these graduates, 82% were men and 18% were women.

Of the students who received a engineering master's degree from UAH, 71% 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 University of Alabama in Huntsville with a master's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	71
International Students	17
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Concentrations Within Engineering

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Engineering	76
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	21
Computer Engineering	9
Mechanical Engineering	8
Electrical Engineering	5
Civil Engineering	3
Other Engineering	3

Related Majors

• Mathematics & Statistics
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences
• Physical Sciences
• Computer & Information 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 in Huntsville.

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 Spyder_Monkey under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.