Engineering at University of Hawaii at Manoa

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

UH Manoa is located in Honolulu, Hawaii and approximately 18,025 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 238 engineering majors received their bachelor's degree from UH Manoa.

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

UH Manoa Engineering Degrees Available

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

UH Manoa Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks engineering programs across the country. The following shows how UH Manoa 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 UH Manoa 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 Schools	179

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

There were 13 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #159 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at UH Manoa

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

UH Manoa Engineering Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 238 students earned a bachelor's degree in engineering from UH Manoa. About 26% of these graduates were women and the other 74% were men. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at UH Manoa since its program graduates 1% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 61% 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 Hawaii at Manoa with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	133
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	19
White	21
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	59

UH Manoa Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 50 students who graduated with a master’s in engineering from UH Manoa in 2021, 68% were men and 32% were women.

In the engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 60% of degree recipients. That is 32% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	17
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	8
International Students	12
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

UH Manoa also has a doctoral program available in engineering. In 2021, 13 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Engineering

Engineering majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of Hawaii at Manoa. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Civil Engineering	98
Mechanical Engineering	90
Electrical Engineering	69
Computer Engineering	22
Agricultural Engineering	12
Construction Engineering	6
Ocean Engineering	4

Related Majors

• Mathematics & Statistics
• Agriculture & Agriculture Operations
• Communications Technologies & Support
• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Architecture & Related Services

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 HI, the home state for University of Hawaii at Manoa.

Occupation	Jobs in HI	Average Salary in HI
Civil Engineers	2,030	$86,680
Systems Software Developers	1,030	$97,510
Cost Estimators	940	$82,390
Electrical Engineers	870	$89,720
Architectural and Engineering Managers	810	$140,610

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 No machine-readable author provided. under License

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