Engineering at University of Alabama at Birmingham

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

UAB is located in Birmingham, Alabama and approximately 22,563 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 166 students received a bachelor's degree in engineering from UAB.

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

UAB Engineering Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UAB

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

For those who are interested in distance learning, UAB does offer online courses in engineering for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

UAB Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the engineering progam at UAB compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The engineering major at UAB 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 Master’s Degree Schools	65
Most Focused Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools	113
Most Popular Engineering Schools	149
Most Focused Engineering Schools	278

In 2021, 211 students received their master’s degree in engineering from UAB. This makes it the #66 most popular school for engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 12 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #164 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at UAB

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the engineering majors at University of Alabama at Birmingham.

UAB Engineering Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 166 engineering majors earned their bachelor's degree from UAB. Of these graduates, 70% were men and 30% were women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at UAB since its program graduates 5% more women than average.

About 65% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering at UAB 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 University of Alabama at Birmingham with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	108
International Students	18
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

UAB Engineering Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 211 students graduated with a master's degree in engineering from UAB. About 82% were men and 18% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	27
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	104
International Students	49
Other Races/Ethnicities	19

UAB also has a doctoral program available in engineering. In 2021, 12 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Engineering

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Engineering	143
Civil Engineering	61
Mechanical Engineering	56
Biomedical Engineering	42
Electrical Engineering	29
Materials Engineering	29
Electrical and Computer Engineering.	20
Other Engineering	8
Computer Engineering	1

Related Majors

• Mathematics & Statistics
• Physical Sciences
• Computer & Information Sciences
• 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 AL, the home state for University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Software Applications Developers	6,210	$96,400
Industrial Engineers	5,630	$87,870
Electrical Engineers	4,540	$97,310
Civil Engineers	4,370	$84,320
Systems Software Developers	4,360	$105,890

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 Lee Adlaf under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.