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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. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 139 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.

University of Virginia Engineering Degrees Available

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

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

36% Women
22% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 139 students earned a master's degree in engineering from University of Virginia. About 36% of these graduates were women and the other 64% were men.

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In the engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 22% of degree recipients. That is 5% better than the national average.*

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.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 16
Black or African American 6
Hispanic or Latino 5
White 54
International Students 54
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

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
Materials Engineering 18
Chemical Engineering 18
Computer Engineering 17
Engineering Physics 1

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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