Engineering at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

If you are interested in studying engineering, you may want to check out the program at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UNC Chapel Hill is located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and approximately 30,092 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 76 students received a bachelor's degree in engineering from UNC Chapel Hill.

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

UNC Chapel Hill Engineering Degrees Available

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

UNC Chapel Hill Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks engineering programs across the country. The following shows how UNC Chapel Hill performed in these rankings.

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 UNC Chapel Hill 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
Most Focused Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	211
Most Focused Engineering Schools	704

In 2021, 4 students received their master’s degree in engineering from UNC Chapel Hill. This makes it the #316 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 UNC Chapel Hill

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the engineering majors at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

UNC Chapel Hill Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 76 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Engineering from UNC Chapel Hill in 2020-2021, 54% were men and 46% were women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at UNC Chapel Hill since its program graduates 21% more women than average.

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 North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	15
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	38
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

UNC Chapel Hill Engineering Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 students earned a master's degree in engineering from UNC Chapel Hill. About 50% of these graduates were women and the other 50% were men.

Of the students who received a engineering master's degree from UNC Chapel Hill, 75% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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

UNC Chapel Hill 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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Biomedical Engineering	94

Related Majors

• Architecture & Related Services
• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Physical Sciences
• Mathematics & Statistics
• 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 NC, the home state for University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Software Applications Developers	30,580	$103,280
Industrial Engineers	9,160	$87,110
Civil Engineers	8,840	$86,270
Mechanical Engineers	8,000	$87,470
Systems Software Developers	7,070	$105,760

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 Marchmain05 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.