Engineering at University of South Alabama

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

USA is located in Mobile, Alabama and has a total student population of 14,224.

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

USA Engineering Degrees Available

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

USA Engineering Rankings

The engineering major at USA 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.

There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #204 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at USA

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

USA Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 78% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 22% went to women.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering at USA 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 South Alabama with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	16
Black or African American	22
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	109
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

USA Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 84% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 16% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	11
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Mechanical Engineering	68
Civil Engineering	49
Electrical Engineering	39
Chemical Engineering	34
Computer Engineering	20
Systems Engineering	15

Related Majors

• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Physical Sciences
• 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 AL, the home state for University of South Alabama.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Software Applications Developers	6,210	$96,400
Industrial Engineers	5,630	$87,870
Electrical Engineers	4,540	$97,310
Civil Engineers	4,370	$84,320
Systems Software Developers	4,360	$105,890

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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