Engineering at University of Utah

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

U of U is located in Salt Lake City, Utah and approximately 33,081 students attend the school each year. Of the 5,437 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Utah in 2021, 467 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.

U of U Engineering Degrees Available

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

U of U Engineering Rankings

The engineering major at U of U 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.

In 2021, 219 students received their master’s degree in engineering from U of U. This makes it the #62 most popular school for engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 81 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #38 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at U of U

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

U of U Engineering Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 467 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in engineering from U of U. About 78% were men and 22% were women.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering at U of U 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 Utah with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	32
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	41
White	342
International Students	23
Other Races/Ethnicities	25

U of U 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.

Of the students who received a engineering master's degree from U of U, 66% 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 Utah with a master's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	15
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	144
International Students	31
Other Races/Ethnicities	14

U of U also has a doctoral program available in engineering. In 2021, 81 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Engineering

If you plan to be a engineering major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Utah. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Mechanical Engineering	236
Biomedical Engineering	153
Electrical Engineering	95
Chemical Engineering	89
Computer Engineering	62
Civil Engineering	55
Materials Engineering	41
Metallurgical Engineering	13
Mining Engineering	8
General Engineering	6
Geoscience Engineering	6
Nuclear Engineering	5
Petroleum Engineering	3
Construction Engineering	1

Related Majors

• Engineering Technologies
• Architecture & Related Services
• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Physical 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 UT, the home state for University of Utah.

Occupation	Jobs in UT	Average Salary in UT
Software Applications Developers	11,040	$99,070
Systems Software Developers	5,690	$106,040
Mechanical Engineers	3,600	$88,150
Civil Engineers	2,910	$80,690
Cost Estimators	2,680	$65,940

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 University of Utah under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.