Engineering at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

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

UNM is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and has a total student population of 22,311.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

UNM Engineering Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
Master’s Degree in Engineering

UNM Engineering Rankings

There were 23 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #117 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at UNM

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the engineering majors at University of New Mexico - Main Campus.

UNM Engineering Master’s Program

30% Women

42% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 70% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 30% went to women.

In the engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 42% of degree recipients. That is 12% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	55
White	63
International Students	32
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

Concentrations Within Engineering

The following engineering concentations are available at University of New Mexico - Main Campus. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of New Mexico - Main Campus. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Civil Engineering	30
Computer Engineering	27
Mechanical Engineering	27
Electrical Engineering	26
General Engineering	23
Biomedical Engineering	18
Chemical Engineering	10
Construction Engineering	9
Nuclear Engineering	8

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 NM, the home state for University of New Mexico - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in NM	Average Salary in NM
Engineers	2,010	$114,790
Physicists	1,770	$149,910
Systems Software Developers	1,690	$94,690
Architectural and Engineering Managers	1,590	$163,260
Electrical Engineers	1,470	$113,050

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
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