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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 193 students received a bachelor's degree in engineering from USA.

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
• Doctorate Degree in Engineering

USA Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the engineering progam at USA 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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools	44
Best Value Engineering Schools	80
	167
Most Popular Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	203
Most Focused Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	234
Best Engineering Schools	261
Most Focused Engineering Schools	282

In 2021, 18 students received their master’s degree in engineering from USA. This makes it the #260 most popular school for engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

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

Of the 193 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Engineering from USA in 2020-2021, 79% were men and 21% were women.

About 65% 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	6
Black or African American	17
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	126
International Students	21
Other Races/Ethnicities	17

USA Engineering Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 18 students earned a master's degree in engineering from USA. About 44% of these graduates were women and the other 56% were men.

Of the students who received a engineering master's degree from USA, 67% 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 South Alabama with a master's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	12
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

USA also has a doctoral program available in engineering. In 2021, 4 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 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
• Computer & Information 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
• Image Credit: By Ä â€™asil under License

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