Engineering at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

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

UCCS is located in Colorado Springs, Colorado and approximately 12,380 students attend the school each year. Of the 2,114 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Colorado at Colorado Springs in 2021, 142 of them were engineering majors.

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

UCCS Engineering Degrees Available

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

UCCS Engineering Rankings

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

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 UCCS 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	176
Best Value Engineering Schools	198
Most Popular Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	227
Most Focused Engineering Schools	235

In 2021, 50 students received their master’s degree in engineering from UCCS. This makes it the #177 most popular school for engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 16 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #144 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at UCCS

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

UCCS Engineering Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 142 students earned a bachelor's degree in engineering from UCCS. About 16% of these graduates were women and the other 84% were men.

About 62% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering at UCCS 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 Colorado at Colorado Springs with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	26
White	88
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	17

UCCS Engineering Master’s Program

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

Of the students who received a engineering master's degree from UCCS, 68% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	34
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UCCS also has a doctoral program available in engineering. In 2021, 16 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Engineering

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Mechanical Engineering	102
General Engineering	50
Electrical Engineering	40
Computer Engineering	10
Systems Engineering	6

Related Majors

• Physical Sciences
• Mathematics & Statistics
• 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 CO, the home state for University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
Software Applications Developers	30,400	$106,730
Systems Software Developers	11,170	$124,410
Civil Engineers	10,680	$93,560
Computer Network Architects	6,040	$115,300
Electronics Engineers	5,630	$105,560

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 Jeffrey M Foster under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.