Engineering Technologies at University of Arkansas

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

UARK is located in Fayetteville, Arkansas and has a total student population of 27,562.

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

UARK Engineering Technologies Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Engineering Tech

Online Classes Are Available at UARK

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

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

• Master’s Degree

UARK Engineering Technologies Rankings

Engineering Tech Student Demographics at UARK

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

UARK Engineering Technologies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 71% of engineering tech master's degrees went to men and 29% went to women.

Of the students who received a engineering tech master's degree from UARK, 51% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	80
International Students	30
Other Races/Ethnicities	18

Concentrations Within Engineering Technologies

If you plan to be a engineering tech major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Arkansas. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Engineering-Related Fields	399

Related Majors

• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Architecture & Related Services
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Physical Sciences
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences

Careers That Engineering Tech Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering tech can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for AR, the home state for University of Arkansas.

Occupation	Jobs in AR	Average Salary in AR
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	6,740	$33,900
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	5,670	$37,710
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	5,260	$40,340
Software Applications Developers	3,910	$87,960
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	2,730	$40,270

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 Brandonrush under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.