Engineering at University of Arkansas

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 Arkansas stacks up to those at other schools.

UARK is located in Fayetteville, Arkansas and approximately 27,562 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 127 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.

UARK Engineering Degrees Available

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

UARK Engineering Rankings

There were 48 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #72 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at UARK

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

UARK Engineering Master’s Program

The engineering program at UARK awarded 127 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 77% of these degrees went to men with the other 23% going to women.

Of the students who received a engineering master's degree from UARK, 58% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 24% of degree recipients. That is 6% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	74
International Students	17
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Concentrations Within Engineering

Engineering majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of Arkansas. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Engineering	106
Electrical Engineering	25
Civil Engineering	17
Industrial Engineering	7
Chemical Engineering	6
Agricultural Engineering	4
Mechanical Engineering	4
Computer Engineering	3
Biomedical Engineering	2
Materials Engineering	1

Related Majors

• Architecture & Related Services
• Computer & Information Sciences
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences
• Physical 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 AR, the home state for University of Arkansas.

Occupation	Jobs in AR	Average Salary in AR
Software Applications Developers	3,910	$87,960
Industrial Production Managers	2,010	$97,770
Industrial Engineers	1,820	$77,100
Civil Engineers	1,570	$81,780
Cost Estimators	1,240	$61,500

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 Brandonrush under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.