Engineering at University of Virginia - Main Campus

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

University of Virginia is located in Charlottesville, Virginia and approximately 25,628 students attend the school each year. Of the 5,493 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Virginia - Main Campus in 2021, 513 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.

University of Virginia Engineering Degrees Available

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

University of Virginia Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks engineering programs across the country. The following shows how University of Virginia performed in these rankings.

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 University of Virginia 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
	24
Best Value Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	165

In 2021, 139 students received their master’s degree in engineering from University of Virginia. This makes it the #98 most popular school for engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 97 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #31 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at University of Virginia

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

University of Virginia Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 513 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in engineering from University of Virginia in 2021, 62% were men and 38% were women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at University of Virginia since its program graduates 13% more women than average.

About 59% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering at University of Virginia are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% 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 Virginia - Main Campus with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	82
Black or African American	27
Hispanic or Latino	27
White	302
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	69

University of Virginia Engineering Master’s Program

The engineering program at University of Virginia awarded 139 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 64% of these degrees went to men with the other 36% going to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	16
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	54
International Students	54
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

University of Virginia also has a doctoral program available in engineering. In 2021, 97 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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of Virginia - Main Campus. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Systems Engineering	167
Biomedical Engineering	143
Computer Engineering	76
Chemical Engineering	64
Mechanical Engineering	64
Electrical Engineering	63
Civil Engineering	61
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	50
Other Engineering	37
Materials Engineering	18
General Engineering	5
Engineering Physics	1

Related Majors

• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Architecture & Related Services
• 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 VA, the home state for University of Virginia - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Software Applications Developers	38,110	$113,690
Systems Software Developers	27,800	$119,860
Civil Engineers	10,610	$94,780
Computer Network Architects	9,700	$123,050
Cost Estimators	9,220	$74,160

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 Swimmerguy269 under License

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