Engineering at University of Delaware

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

UD is located in Newark, Delaware and approximately 23,613 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 87 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.

UD Engineering Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UD

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

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

• Master’s Degree

UD Engineering Rankings

There were 49 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #71 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at UD

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

UD Engineering Master’s Program

The engineering program at UD awarded 87 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 71% of these degrees went to men with the other 29% going to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	36
International Students	40
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 Delaware. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Computer Engineering	38
Chemical Engineering	33
Civil Engineering	29
Mechanical Engineering	21
Biomedical Engineering	11
Robotics Engineering	3
Ocean Engineering	1

Related Majors

• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Agriculture & Agriculture Operations
• Mathematics & Statistics
• 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 DE, the home state for University of Delaware.

Occupation	Jobs in DE	Average Salary in DE
Software Applications Developers	4,790	$106,730
Cost Estimators	970	$68,690
Operations Research Analysts	960	$86,690
Civil Engineers	840	$91,410
Mechanical Engineers	670	$106,220

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 Ottawa80 at English Wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.