General Engineering at University of Mississippi

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

Ole Miss is located in University, Mississippi and approximately 21,014 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 20 students received a bachelor's degree in engineering from Ole Miss.

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

Ole Miss General Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

Ole Miss General Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the engineering progam at Ole Miss 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 Ole Miss is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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 General Engineering Schools	92
Most Popular General Engineering Schools	163

Engineering Student Demographics at Ole Miss

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

Ole Miss General Engineering Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 20 students earned a bachelor's degree in engineering from Ole Miss. About 40% of these graduates were women and the other 60% were men. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 23% women. So female students are more repesented at Ole Miss since its program graduates 17% more women than average.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering at Ole Miss 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 Mississippi with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	16
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Ole Miss also has a doctoral program available in engineering. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Computer Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Geoscience Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• Electrical Engineering

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 MS, the home state for University of Mississippi.

Occupation	Jobs in MS	Average Salary in MS
Architectural and Engineering Managers	890	$122,550
Engineers	510	$79,630
Engineering Professors	190	$102,730

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 Dudemanfellabra under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.