Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin

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

UT Austin is located in Austin, Texas and approximately 50,476 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 Austin Engineering Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Engineering (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
• Master’s Degree in Engineering

UT Austin Engineering Rankings

The engineering major at UT Austin 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 205 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #8 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at UT Austin

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

UT Austin Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 70% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 30% went to women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 26% women. So female students are more repesented at UT Austin since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 27% more racial-ethnic minorities in its engineering bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	446
Black or African American	25
Hispanic or Latino	252
White	524
International Students	54
Other Races/Ethnicities	80

UT Austin Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 71% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 29% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	59
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	32
White	133
International Students	175
Other Races/Ethnicities	17

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 The University of Texas at Austin. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Mechanical Engineering	359
Electrical Engineering	353
Civil Engineering	214
Chemical Engineering	203
Electrical and Computer Engineering.	188
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	167
Biomedical Engineering	145
Petroleum Engineering	123
Architectural Engineering	64
Environmental Engineering	54
Industrial Engineering	16
Materials Engineering	9
General Engineering	4
Engineering Mechanics	3
Geoscience Engineering	1

Related Majors

• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Engineering Technologies
• Architecture & Related Services
• Physical Sciences
• Mathematics & Statistics

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 TX, the home state for The University of Texas at Austin.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Software Applications Developers	71,260	$108,760
Systems Software Developers	28,720	$110,740
Civil Engineers	24,460	$102,990
Mechanical Engineers	20,820	$105,570
Petroleum Engineers	19,260	$169,010

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 Reid Sullivan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.