Engineering at Fairfield University

Every engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the engineering program at Fairfield University stacks up to those at other schools.

Fairfield U is located in Fairfield, Connecticut and approximately 5,513 students attend the school each year.

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

Fairfield U Engineering Degrees Available

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

Fairfield U Engineering Rankings

The engineering major at Fairfield U is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Engineering Student Demographics at Fairfield U

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

Fairfield U Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 69% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 31% went to women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 26% women. So female students are more repesented at Fairfield U since its program graduates 5% more women than average.

About 62% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering at Fairfield U are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Fairfield University with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	34
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Fairfield U Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 81% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 19% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	13
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Engineering

Engineering majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Fairfield University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Mechanical Engineering	38
Computer Engineering	14
Electrical Engineering	8
Industrial Engineering	8
Biomedical Engineering	7

Related Majors

• Physical Sciences
• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences

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 CT, the home state for Fairfield University.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Software Applications Developers	11,540	$105,500
Industrial Engineers	5,840	$89,830
Mechanical Engineers	4,020	$94,270
Civil Engineers	3,630	$93,630
Architectural and Engineering Managers	3,570	$143,920

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 Stagophile under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.