Engineering at University of Virginia - Main Campus

If you are interested in studying engineering, you may want to check out the program at University of Virginia - Main Campus. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

University of Virginia is located in Charlottesville, Virginia and has a total student population of 25,628.

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 Virginia Engineering Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at University of Virginia

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? University of Virginia offers distance education options for engineering at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

University of Virginia Engineering Rankings

There were 97 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #31 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at University of Virginia

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

University of Virginia Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 75% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 25% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	65
International Students	59
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

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 Virginia - Main Campus. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Systems Engineering	58
Other Engineering	37
Electrical Engineering	36
Civil Engineering	27
Biomedical Engineering	24
Chemical Engineering	18
Materials Engineering	18
Computer Engineering	17
Engineering Physics	1

Related Majors

• Biological & Biomedical Sciences
• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Physical Sciences
• Architecture & Related Services
• 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 VA, the home state for University of Virginia - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Software Applications Developers	38,110	$113,690
Systems Software Developers	27,800	$119,860
Civil Engineers	10,610	$94,780
Computer Network Architects	9,700	$123,050
Cost Estimators	9,220	$74,160

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 Swimmerguy269 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.