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Engineering at West Virginia University

10% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

What traits are you looking for in a engineering school? To help you decide if West Virginia University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's engineering program.

WVU is located in Morgantown, West Virginia and approximately 26,269 students attend the school each year.

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

WVU Engineering Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at WVU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? WVU offers distance education options for engineering at the following degree levels:

Master’s Degree

WVU Engineering Rankings

The engineering major at WVU 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 41 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #85 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at WVU

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

WVU Engineering Bachelor’s Program

18% Women

10% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 82% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 18% went to women.

About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering at WVU 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 West Virginia University with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	20
White	473
International Students	71
Other Races/Ethnicities	21

WVU Engineering Master’s Program

36% Women

10% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 64% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 36% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	39
International Students	38
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 West Virginia University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Mechanical Engineering	170
Industrial Engineering	141
Civil Engineering	98
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	86
Petroleum Engineering	74
Electrical Engineering	64
Chemical Engineering	45
Computer Engineering	41
General Engineering	41
Biomedical Engineering	37
Mining Engineering	17
Systems Engineering	3
Environmental Engineering	3
Materials Engineering	1

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 WV, the home state for West Virginia University.

Occupation	Jobs in WV	Average Salary in WV
Civil Engineers	1,510	$82,210
Software Applications Developers	1,110	$87,490
Industrial Production Managers	890	$108,490
Cost Estimators	890	$63,890
Industrial Engineers	590	$94,480

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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