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Engineering at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

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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. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 155 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.

UNM Engineering Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Engineering
  • Doctorate 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

24% Women
33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 155 students who graduated with a master’s in engineering from UNM in 2021, 76% were men and 24% were women.

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In the engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 15% 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.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 5
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 37
White 67
International Students 36
Other Races/Ethnicities 7

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
Mechanical Engineering 27
Computer 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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