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Engineering (all) at UVA

UVA graduates about 475 engineering majors a year, 11% of its graduating class. That puts it 21st of 434 schools we score for engineering, a standout program at 91 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $113,000 four years out, 1.15× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $123 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

91/100Standout#21 of 434 for engineering →
Graduates a year47511% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$113,0001.15× the same major nationally
Research in the field$123Ma year, NSF
Admit rate17%whole school
SAT middle 50%1400–1540whole school

Around UVA

Markings of The Society of P.R.I. along Engineer's Way in 2017
Markings along Engineer's WayPhoto: Scitecsoc · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
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View south along U.S. Route 29 Business (Emmet Street) from the pedestrian overp
2019-08-08 16 27 45 View south along U.S. Route 29 Business (Emmet Street) from Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
A picture of the staircase at the University of Virginia.
University of Virginia Campus StaircasePhoto: ~delta · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Where engineering happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Chemical Engineering Building, Observatory Mountain Engineering Research Facility, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Building, Biomedical Engineering and Medical Science Building.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 223 · Athletics 129 · Dorm 79 · Library 11 · Dining 9 · Student housing 7.

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Nearby in the engineering ranking

  1. The University of Texas–Austin 92
  2. University of California, Berkeley 92
  3. United States Air Force Academy 92
  4. University of Pennsylvania 92
  5. University of Southern California 91
  6. Washington University in St. Louis 91
  7. Tufts University 91
  8. Dartmouth College 91

Other strong majors at UVA

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares UVA with every school we score in engineering. It weighs the school's overall strength; how many students graduate in the major and what share of the class they are; research spending in the field (NSF); early pay against the same major nationally; how many courses the catalog lists; and test scores. 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.

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