Engineering at University of Portland

51% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

University of Portland is located in Portland, Oregon and has a total student population of 3,999.

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

University of Portland Engineering Degrees Available

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

University of Portland Engineering Rankings

The engineering major at University of Portland 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.

Engineering Student Demographics at University of Portland

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

University of Portland Engineering Bachelor’s Program

30% Women

51% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 70% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 30% went to women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 26% women. So female students are more repesented at University of Portland since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 21% 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 Portland with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	15
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	30
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	14

University of Portland Engineering Master’s Program

33% Women

67% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 33% went to women.

In the engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 67% of degree recipients. That is 36% better than the national average.*

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

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

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 Portland. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Mechanical Engineering	64
Civil Engineering	23
Electrical Engineering	22
General Engineering	2
Biomedical Engineering	2

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 OR, the home state for University of Portland.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
Software Applications Developers	15,610	$101,940
Electronics Engineers	5,480	$94,520
Mechanical Engineers	4,090	$85,890
Civil Engineers	4,080	$88,270
Industrial Engineers	3,970	$90,980

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
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