Engineering at University of New Mexico - Los Alamos Campus

Every engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the engineering program at University of New Mexico - Los Alamos Campus stacks up to those at other schools.

UNM Los Alamos is located in Los Alamos, New Mexico and approximately 929 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.

UNM Los Alamos Engineering Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Engineering

UNM Los Alamos Engineering Rankings

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Engineering Student Demographics at UNM Los Alamos

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the engineering majors at University of New Mexico - Los Alamos Campus.

UNM Los Alamos Engineering Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 86% of engineering associate's degrees went to men and 14% went to women.

UNM Los Alamos does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in engineering graduates 43% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of New Mexico - Los Alamos Campus with a associate's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Engineering

The following engineering concentations are available at University of New Mexico - Los Alamos Campus. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of New Mexico - Los Alamos Campus. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Engineering	7

Related Majors

• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Physical Sciences
• Computer & Information 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 NM, the home state for University of New Mexico - Los Alamos Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in NM	Average Salary in NM
Engineers	2,010	$114,790
Physicists	1,770	$149,910
Systems Software Developers	1,690	$94,690
Architectural and Engineering Managers	1,590	$163,260
Electrical Engineers	1,470	$113,050

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.