Engineering at University of Houston

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

UH is located in Houston, Texas and has a total student population of 47,090. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 629 students received a bachelor's degree in engineering from UH.

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 Engineering Degrees Available

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

UH Engineering Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The engineering major at UH 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	47
	77
Most Focused Engineering Schools	218

In 2021, 234 students received their master’s degree in engineering from UH. This makes it the #53 most popular school for engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 81 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #38 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at UH

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

UH Engineering Bachelor’s Program

The engineering program at UH awarded 629 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 UH since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 32% 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 Houston with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	145
Black or African American	26
Hispanic or Latino	193
White	129
International Students	75
Other Races/Ethnicities	61

UH Engineering Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 234 engineering majors earned their master's degree from UH. Of these graduates, 76% were men and 24% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	19
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	45
International Students	142
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

UH also has a doctoral program available in engineering. In 2021, 81 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Engineering

If you plan to be a engineering major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of Houston. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Mechanical Engineering	286
Electrical Engineering	153
Chemical Engineering	98
Civil Engineering	96
Industrial Engineering	92
Biomedical Engineering	77
Petroleum Engineering	56
Computer Engineering	37
Systems Engineering	22
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	11
Environmental Engineering	11
Materials Engineering	4
Surveying Engineering	1

Related Majors

• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Architecture & Related Services
• Physical Sciences
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Engineering Technologies

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 TX, the home state for University of Houston.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Software Applications Developers	71,260	$108,760
Systems Software Developers	28,720	$110,740
Civil Engineers	24,460	$102,990
Mechanical Engineers	20,820	$105,570
Petroleum Engineers	19,260	$169,010

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 RJN2 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.