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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 133 students received a bachelor's degree in engineering from UofM.

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
• Doctorate 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 following rankings from College Factual show how the engineering progam at UofM 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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	57
Most Popular Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools	113

In 2021, 33 students received their master’s degree in engineering from UofM. This makes it the #211 most popular school for engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

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

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 133 students earned a bachelor's degree in engineering from UofM. About 20% of these graduates were women and the other 80% were men.

About 60% 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 7% 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.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	16
Black or African American	21
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	80
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UofM Engineering Master’s Program

The engineering program at UofM awarded 33 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 76% of these degrees went to men with the other 24% going to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	15
International Students	14
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UofM also has a doctoral program available in engineering. In 2021, 14 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 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

Related Majors

• Architecture & Related Services
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Engineering Technologies
• Physical Sciences
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By BenSherman under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.