Engineering at The University of Texas at Dallas

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

UT Dallas is located in Richardson, Texas and has a total student population of 28,669.

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 Dallas Engineering Degrees Available

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

UT Dallas Engineering Rankings

The engineering major at UT Dallas 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 79 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #43 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at UT Dallas

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

UT Dallas Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 78% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 22% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 33% 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 Dallas with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	228
Black or African American	37
Hispanic or Latino	128
White	193
International Students	32
Other Races/Ethnicities	42

UT Dallas Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 72% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 28% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	49
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	17
White	61
International Students	158
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

Concentrations Within Engineering

The following engineering concentations are available at The University of Texas at Dallas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at The University of Texas at Dallas. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Mechanical Engineering	293
Electrical Engineering	257
Computer Engineering	246
Biomedical Engineering	154
Systems Engineering	57
Materials Engineering	24

Related Majors

• Physical Sciences
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Biological & Biomedical 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 TX, the home state for The University of Texas at Dallas.

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 Stan9999 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.