Engineering at University of Wisconsin - Platteville

What traits are you looking for in a engineering school? To help you decide if University of Wisconsin - Platteville is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's engineering program.

UW - Platteville is located in Platteville, Wisconsin and approximately 7,547 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 44 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.

UW - Platteville Engineering Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Engineering

Online Classes Are Available at UW - Platteville

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

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

• Master’s Degree

UW - Platteville Engineering Rankings

Engineering Student Demographics at UW - Platteville

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

UW - Platteville Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 44 students who graduated with a master’s in engineering from UW - Platteville in 2021, 82% were men and 18% were women.

Of the students who received a engineering master's degree from UW - Platteville, 68% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 30% 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 Wisconsin - Platteville with a master's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	30
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 Wisconsin - Platteville. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Engineering	44

Related Majors

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 WI, the home state for University of Wisconsin - Platteville.

Occupation	Jobs in WI	Average Salary in WI
Software Applications Developers	16,940	$87,700
Mechanical Engineers	11,270	$79,360
Industrial Engineers	9,290	$77,260
Civil Engineers	6,930	$78,660
Industrial Production Managers	6,580	$110,250

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 James Steakley under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.