Engineering at University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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

UNC Charlotte is located in Charlotte, North Carolina and has a total student population of 30,146. Of the 6,358 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 2021, 525 of them were engineering majors.

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 Charlotte Engineering Degrees Available

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

UNC Charlotte Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the engineering progam at UNC Charlotte compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The engineering major at UNC Charlotte 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	65
Most Focused Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools	88
Best Value Engineering Schools	89
Most Popular Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	112
Best Value Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	136
	196
Best Engineering Schools	199

In 2021, 105 students received their master’s degree in engineering from UNC Charlotte. This makes it the #113 most popular school for engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 29 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #105 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at UNC Charlotte

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

UNC Charlotte Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 87% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 13% went to women.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering at UNC Charlotte 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 North Carolina at Charlotte with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	31
Black or African American	37
Hispanic or Latino	42
White	352
International Students	28
Other Races/Ethnicities	35

UNC Charlotte Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 105 students who graduated with a master’s in engineering from UNC Charlotte in 2021, 74% were men and 26% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	35
International Students	56
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

UNC Charlotte also has a doctoral program available in engineering. In 2021, 29 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Engineering

The following engineering concentations are available at University of North Carolina at Charlotte. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Mechanical Engineering	249
Electrical Engineering	148
Civil Engineering	139
Computer Engineering	59
Systems Engineering	40
Construction Engineering	16
General Engineering	6
Other Engineering	5

Related Majors

• Architecture & Related Services
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Physical Sciences
• Engineering Technologies
• 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 NC, the home state for University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

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 Stanton49 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.