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Engineering at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

Engineering at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

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

UT Knoxville is located in Knoxville, Tennessee and approximately 30,559 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.

UT Knoxville Engineering Degrees Available

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

UT Knoxville Engineering Rankings

The engineering major at UT Knoxville 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.

There were 111 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #26 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at UT Knoxville

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

UT Knoxville Engineering Bachelor’s Program

27% Women
18% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 73% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 27% went to women.

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About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering at UT Knoxville 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 - Knoxville with a bachelor's in engineering.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 39
Black or African American 24
Hispanic or Latino 35
White 488
International Students 9
Other Races/Ethnicities 31

UT Knoxville Engineering Master’s Program

23% Women
13% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 77% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 23% went to women.

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Of the students who received a engineering master's degree from UT Knoxville, 72% 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 - Knoxville with a master's in engineering.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 11
Black or African American 7
Hispanic or Latino 6
White 160
International Students 32
Other Races/Ethnicities 7

Concentrations Within Engineering

If you plan to be a engineering major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Mechanical Engineering 190
Civil Engineering 113
Chemical Engineering 112
Industrial Engineering 77
Electrical Engineering 69
Nuclear Engineering 67
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 62
Materials Engineering 57
Biomedical Engineering 51
Computer Engineering 38
Other Engineering 18
Agricultural Engineering 13
Environmental Engineering 10
Engineering Science 3

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 TN, the home state for The University of Tennessee - Knoxville.

Occupation Jobs in TN Average Salary in TN
Software Applications Developers 5,870 $87,630
Industrial Engineers 5,390 $84,070
Systems Software Developers 4,940 $92,700
Industrial Production Managers 4,360 $101,670
Engineers 4,250 $82,030

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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