Engineering at University of Arizona

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 University of Arizona stacks up to those at other schools.

University of Arizona is located in Tucson, Arizona and has a total student population of 45,601. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 195 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.

University of Arizona Engineering Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at University of Arizona

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? University of Arizona offers distance education options for engineering at the following degree levels:

University of Arizona Engineering Rankings

There were 55 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #67 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at University of Arizona

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

University of Arizona Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 195 students who earned a master's degree in Engineering from University of Arizona in 2020-2021, 75% were men and 25% were women.

In the engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 30% of degree recipients. That is 13% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	18
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	28
White	88
International Students	35
Other Races/Ethnicities	18

Concentrations Within Engineering

Engineering majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Arizona. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Electrical Engineering	99
Mining Engineering	30
General Engineering	29
Mechanical Engineering	20
Systems Engineering	18
Biomedical Engineering	16
Biological Engineering	14
Environmental Engineering	10
Industrial Engineering	9
Chemical Engineering	8
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	8
Other Engineering	6
Civil Engineering	5

Related Majors

• Agriculture & Agriculture Operations
• Engineering Technologies
• Architecture & Related Services
• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Mathematics & Statistics

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 AZ, the home state for University of Arizona.

Occupation	Jobs in AZ	Average Salary in AZ
Software Applications Developers	14,130	$98,670
Systems Software Developers	11,500	$103,860
Electronics Engineers	5,020	$103,510
Electrical Engineers	4,840	$106,260
Mechanical Engineers	4,770	$98,390

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 Msr69er under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.