Engineering Technologies at The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga

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

UT Chattanooga is located in Chattanooga, Tennessee and has a total student population of 11,728. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 53 students received a bachelor's degree in engineering tech from UT Chattanooga.

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

UT Chattanooga Engineering Technologies Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UT Chattanooga

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.

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

• Master’s Degree

UT Chattanooga Engineering Technologies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the engineering tech progam at UT Chattanooga compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The engineering tech major at UT Chattanooga is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering Technologies. 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Engineering Technologies Graduate Certificate Schools	28
Best Engineering Technologies Schools	173
Best Value Engineering Technologies Schools	244
Most Focused Engineering Technologies Schools	686

In 2021, 24 students received their master’s degree in engineering tech from UT Chattanooga. This makes it the #82 most popular school for engineering tech master’s degree candidates in the country.

Engineering Tech Student Demographics at UT Chattanooga

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the engineering tech majors at The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga.

UT Chattanooga Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 53 engineering tech majors earned their bachelor's degree from UT Chattanooga. Of these graduates, 89% were men and 11% were women.

About 85% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering tech at UT Chattanooga 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 The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga with a bachelor's in engineering tech.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	45
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UT Chattanooga Engineering Technologies Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 24 students earned a master's degree in engineering tech from UT Chattanooga. About 21% of these graduates were women and the other 79% were men.

Of the students who received a engineering tech master's degree from UT Chattanooga, 63% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	15
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UT Chattanooga also has a doctoral program available in engineering tech. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Engineering Technologies

Engineering Technologies 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 The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Engineering-Related Fields	68
Electromechanical Engineering Technology	10

Related Majors

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

Careers That Engineering Tech Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering tech can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TN, the home state for The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	14,800	$40,930
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	14,060	$37,380
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	9,560	$40,780
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	7,920	$43,720
Software Applications Developers	5,870	$87,630

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.