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Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin

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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. Of the 10,592 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from The University of Texas at Austin in 2021, 1,295 of them were engineering majors.

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
  • Doctorate 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.

In 2021, 399 students received their master’s degree in engineering from UT Austin. This makes it the #32 most popular school for engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

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

29% Women
57% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 1,295 students earned a bachelor's degree in engineering from UT Austin. About 29% of these graduates were women and the other 71% were men. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at UT Austin since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 29% 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.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 426
Black or African American 20
Hispanic or Latino 226
White 487
International Students 50
Other Races/Ethnicities 86

UT Austin Engineering Master’s Program

26% Women
20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 399 students graduated with a master's degree in engineering from UT Austin. About 74% were men and 26% were women.

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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.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 43
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 30
White 125
International Students 185
Other Races/Ethnicities 13

UT Austin also has a doctoral program available in engineering. In 2021, 205 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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