Engineering at University of Delaware

Every engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the engineering program at University of Delaware stacks up to those at other schools.

UD is located in Newark, Delaware and has a total student population of 23,613. Of the 4,743 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Delaware in 2021, 412 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.

UD Engineering Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UD

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UD offers distance education options for engineering at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

UD Engineering Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The engineering major at UD 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
Best Value Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	35
Best Engineering Schools	75
	88

In 2021, 87 students received their master’s degree in engineering from UD. This makes it the #129 most popular school for engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 49 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #71 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at UD

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

UD Engineering Bachelor’s Program

The engineering program at UD awarded 412 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 72% of these degrees went to men with the other 28% going to women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at UD since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

About 65% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering at UD 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 Delaware with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	34
Black or African American	17
Hispanic or Latino	44
White	266
International Students	29
Other Races/Ethnicities	22

UD Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 87 engineering students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UD, about 71% were men and 29% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	36
International Students	40
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UD also has a doctoral program available in engineering. In 2021, 49 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Engineering

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Mechanical Engineering	135
Chemical Engineering	108
Civil Engineering	89
Computer Engineering	79
Biomedical Engineering	60
Electrical Engineering	31
Environmental Engineering	23
Construction Engineering	19
Robotics Engineering	3
Ocean Engineering	1

Related Majors

• Architecture & Related Services
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Physical Sciences
• Computer & Information 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 DE, the home state for University of Delaware.

Occupation	Jobs in DE	Average Salary in DE
Software Applications Developers	4,790	$106,730
Cost Estimators	970	$68,690
Operations Research Analysts	960	$86,690
Civil Engineers	840	$91,410
Mechanical Engineers	670	$106,220

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 Ottawa80 at English Wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.