Engineering at University of Connecticut

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

UCONN is located in Storrs, Connecticut and has a total student population of 27,215. In 2021, 766 engineering majors received their bachelor's degree from UCONN.

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

UCONN Engineering Degrees Available

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

UCONN Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks engineering programs across the country. The following shows how UCONN 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 UCONN 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 Graduate Certificate Schools	15
	42
	59
Best Engineering Schools	173

In 2021, 133 students received their master’s degree in engineering from UCONN. This makes it the #100 most popular school for engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 71 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #47 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at UCONN

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

UCONN Engineering Bachelor’s Program

The engineering program at UCONN awarded 766 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 73% of these degrees went to men with the other 27% going to women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at UCONN since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering at UCONN 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 Connecticut with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	95
Black or African American	34
Hispanic or Latino	71
White	481
International Students	29
Other Races/Ethnicities	56

UCONN Engineering Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 133 students earned a master's degree in engineering from UCONN. About 26% of these graduates were women and the other 74% were men.

Of the students who received a engineering master's degree from UCONN, 63% 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 Connecticut with a master's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	14
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	84
International Students	17
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

UCONN also has a doctoral program available in engineering. In 2021, 71 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Engineering

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Mechanical Engineering	237
Computer Engineering	134
Biomedical Engineering	126
Electrical Engineering	114
Civil Engineering	112
Chemical Engineering	78
Materials Engineering	55
General Engineering	49
Industrial Engineering	43
Environmental Engineering	41
Systems Engineering	8
Engineering Physics	7
Manufacturing Engineering	4

Related Majors

• Architecture & Related Services
• Engineering Technologies
• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Computer & Information Sciences
• Physical 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 CT, the home state for University of Connecticut.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Software Applications Developers	11,540	$105,500
Industrial Engineers	5,840	$89,830
Mechanical Engineers	4,020	$94,270
Civil Engineers	3,630	$93,630
Architectural and Engineering Managers	3,570	$143,920

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.