Engineering at University of Alabama at Birmingham

32% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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.

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

UAB Engineering 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.

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

28% Women

32% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 72% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 28% went to women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 26% women. So female students are more repesented at UAB since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

About 57% 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. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% 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 University of Alabama at Birmingham with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	17
Black or African American	22
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	100
International Students	18
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

UAB Engineering Master’s Program

28% Women

16% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

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 University of Alabama at Birmingham with a master's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	26
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	91
International Students	53
Other Races/Ethnicities	46

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

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
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