Engineering at Utah Valley University

Every engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the engineering program at Utah Valley University stacks up to those at other schools.

UVU is located in Orem, Utah and has a total student population of 40,936.

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

UVU Engineering Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Engineering
• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

UVU Engineering Rankings

The engineering major at UVU 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 UVU

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

UVU Engineering Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 97% of engineering associate's degrees went to men and 3% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in engineering at UVU are white. Around 92% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	35
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UVU Engineering Bachelor’s Program

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

About 82% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering at UVU 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 Utah Valley University with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	101
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

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 Utah Valley University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Robotics Engineering	45
Computer Engineering	37
Mechanical Engineering	31
General Engineering	20
Civil Engineering	8
Electrical Engineering	3

Related Majors

• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Military Technologies & Applied Sciences
• Physical Sciences
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Engineering Technologies

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 Utah Valley University.

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 uvuphotos under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.