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. In 2021, 592 engineering majors received their bachelor's degree from UT Knoxville.

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
• Doctorate Degree in Engineering

Online Classes Are Available at UT Knoxville

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.

UT Knoxville does offer online education options in engineering for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

UT Knoxville Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the engineering progam at UT Knoxville 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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	25
Best Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools	64
	81
Best Value Engineering Schools	184

In 2021, 172 students received their master’s degree in engineering from UT Knoxville. This makes it the #83 most popular school for engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

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

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 592 students earned a bachelor's degree in engineering from UT Knoxville. About 24% of these graduates were women and the other 76% were men.

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.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	50
Black or African American	24
Hispanic or Latino	19
White	462
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	27

UT Knoxville Engineering Master’s Program

The engineering program at UT Knoxville awarded 172 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 78% of these degrees went to men with the other 22% going to women.

Of the students who received a engineering master's degree from UT Knoxville, 74% 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.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	128
International Students	20
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UT Knoxville also has a doctoral program available in engineering. In 2021, 111 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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

Related Majors

• Engineering Technologies
• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Architecture & Related Services
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Computer & Information 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 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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Nightryder84 under License

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