Engineering at University of Maine

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

UMaine is located in Orono, Maine and approximately 11,741 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 210 engineering majors received their bachelor's degree from UMaine.

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

UMaine 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 UMaine

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

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

• Master’s Degree

UMaine Engineering Rankings

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

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 UMaine 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 Focused Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools	52
	67
Most Popular Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools	69
Best Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools	74
	122
	146
Most Focused Engineering Schools	185
Most Popular Engineering Schools	200

In 2021, 26 students received their master’s degree in engineering from UMaine. This makes it the #231 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 UMaine

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

UMaine Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 78% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 22% went to women.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering at UMaine 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 Maine with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	185
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

UMaine Engineering Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 26 students earned a master's degree in engineering from UMaine. About 31% of these graduates were women and the other 69% were men.

Of the students who received a engineering master's degree from UMaine, 65% 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 Maine with a master's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	17
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UMaine also has a doctoral program available in engineering. In 2021, 13 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 Maine. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Mechanical Engineering	80
Civil Engineering	61
Chemical Engineering	36
Biomedical Engineering	31
Computer Engineering	18
Electrical Engineering	15
Engineering Physics	6
Surveying Engineering	5
Other Engineering	1

Related Majors

• Mathematics & Statistics
• Computer & Information Sciences
• Physical Sciences
• Agriculture & Agriculture Operations
• 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 ME, the home state for University of Maine.

Occupation	Jobs in ME	Average Salary in ME
Software Applications Developers	2,270	$90,190
Civil Engineers	1,130	$82,160
Mechanical Engineers	970	$93,310
Industrial Engineers	830	$88,020
Industrial Production Managers	770	$97,400

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 Jalnet2 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.