Engineering at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

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

U-M is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan and approximately 47,907 students attend the school each year.

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

U-M Engineering Degrees Available

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

U-M Engineering Rankings

The engineering major at U-M 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 255 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #5 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at U-M

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

U-M Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 33% went to women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 26% women. So female students are more repesented at U-M since its program graduates 6% more women than average.

About 53% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering at U-M are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% 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 Michigan - Ann Arbor with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	189
Black or African American	36
Hispanic or Latino	81
White	587
International Students	100
Other Races/Ethnicities	114

U-M Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 75% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 25% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	168
Black or African American	20
Hispanic or Latino	48
White	375
International Students	794
Other Races/Ethnicities	78

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 Michigan - Ann Arbor. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Mechanical Engineering	462
Industrial Engineering	296
Electrical and Computer Engineering.	282
Computer Engineering	269
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	264
Biomedical Engineering	244
Chemical Engineering	177
Electrical Engineering	142
Materials Engineering	119
Civil Engineering	98
Systems Engineering	89
Environmental Engineering	76
Nuclear Engineering	75
Marine Engineering	58
Robotics Engineering	58
Energy Systems Engineering	23
Engineering Physics	21
Manufacturing Engineering	13
Other Engineering	12
Construction Engineering	8
Engineering Science	3

Related Majors

• Engineering Technologies
• Architecture & Related Services
• Natural Resources & Conservation
• 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 MI, the home state for University of Michigan - Ann Arbor.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Mechanical Engineers	43,890	$91,100
Industrial Engineers	31,520	$89,330
Software Applications Developers	29,540	$92,260
Industrial Production Managers	13,110	$118,760
Architectural and Engineering Managers	10,460	$132,810

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 Dwight Burdette under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.