Engineering at The University of Texas at San Antonio

If you are interested in studying engineering, you may want to check out the program at The University of Texas at San Antonio. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UTSA is located in San Antonio, Texas and has a total student population of 34,742. In 2021, 459 engineering majors received their bachelor's degree from UTSA.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

UTSA 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

UTSA Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks engineering programs across the country. The following shows how UTSA performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The engineering major at UTSA 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 Focused Engineering Basic Certificate Schools	62
Most Focused Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	137
	279

In 2021, 81 students received their master’s degree in engineering from UTSA. This makes it the #136 most popular school for engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 36 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #93 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at UTSA

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

UTSA Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 459 engineering students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UTSA, about 77% were men and 23% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 40% 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 San Antonio with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	37
Black or African American	19
Hispanic or Latino	238
White	121
International Students	17
Other Races/Ethnicities	27

UTSA Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 70% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 30% went to women.

In the engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 36% of degree recipients. That is 7% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	22
White	23
International Students	27
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UTSA also has a doctoral program available in engineering. In 2021, 36 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Engineering

The following engineering concentations are available at The University of Texas at San Antonio. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from The University of Texas at San Antonio. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Mechanical Engineering	186
Electrical Engineering	138
Civil Engineering	102
Biomedical Engineering	64
Computer Engineering	55
Chemical Engineering	16
Manufacturing Engineering	9
Materials Engineering	4
Environmental Engineering	2

Related Majors

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

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 San Antonio.

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 BrianReading under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.