Engineering at University of Kentucky

If you plan to study engineering, take a look at what University of Kentucky has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UK is located in Lexington, Kentucky and approximately 29,986 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 502 engineering majors received their bachelor's degree from UK.

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

UK Engineering Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Engineering (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
• Master’s Degree in Engineering
• Doctorate Degree in Engineering

Online Classes Are Available at UK

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? UK offers distance education options for engineering at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

UK Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the engineering progam at UK 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 UK 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 Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools	75
Best Value Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	220
Most Focused Engineering Schools	224

In 2021, 45 students received their master’s degree in engineering from UK. This makes it the #187 most popular school for engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 41 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #85 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at UK

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

UK Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 502 engineering students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UK, about 76% were men and 24% were women.

About 81% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering at UK 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 Kentucky with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	18
White	405
International Students	20
Other Races/Ethnicities	36

UK Engineering Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 45 students graduated with a master's degree in engineering from UK. About 73% were men and 27% were women.

Of the students who received a engineering master's degree from UK, 60% 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 Kentucky with a master's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	27
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UK also has a doctoral program available in engineering. In 2021, 41 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 Kentucky. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Mechanical Engineering	188
Civil Engineering	96
Chemical Engineering	87
Electrical Engineering	75
Computer Engineering	43
Agricultural Engineering	38
Materials Engineering	29
Mining Engineering	25
Biomedical Engineering	6
Manufacturing Engineering	6
Industrial Engineering	1

Related Majors

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

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 KY, the home state for University of Kentucky.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Software Applications Developers	5,700	$86,300
Industrial Engineers	5,410	$79,170
Mechanical Engineers	4,000	$84,380
Industrial Production Managers	3,800	$97,340
Civil Engineers	3,380	$82,840

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 Seicer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.