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Engineering at University of Memphis

Engineering at University of Memphis

What traits are you looking for in a engineering school? To help you decide if University of Memphis is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's engineering program.

UofM is located in Memphis, Tennessee and has a total student population of 22,205.

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

UofM Engineering Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UofM

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

UofM Engineering Rankings

The engineering major at UofM 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.

There were 14 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #153 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at UofM

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

UofM Engineering Bachelor’s Program

26% Women
39% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 74% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 26% went to women.

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About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering at UofM are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% 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 Memphis with a bachelor's in engineering.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 13
Black or African American 25
Hispanic or Latino 11
White 84
International Students 4
Other Races/Ethnicities 12

UofM Engineering Master’s Program

26% Women
24% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 74% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 26% went to women.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 11
International Students 15
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Concentrations Within Engineering

Engineering majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Memphis. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Biomedical Engineering 55
Mechanical Engineering 39
Civil Engineering 35
Electrical Engineering 26
Computer Engineering 15
General Engineering 10

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 TN, the home state for University of Memphis.

Occupation Jobs in TN Average Salary in TN
Software Applications Developers 5,870 $87,630
Industrial Engineers 5,390 $84,070
Systems Software Developers 4,940 $92,700
Industrial Production Managers 4,360 $101,670
Engineers 4,250 $82,030

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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