Utah·Architecture and Engineering Occupations·SOC 17-2199

Best Engineer, All Other programs in Utah, ranked by enrollment

All engineers not listed.

6 schools in Utah run programs that feed this job, graduating 433 people a year. The job pays a median of $110,320 in Utah across about 1,750 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

Also calledEngineerLaser EngineerSolar DesignerDesign EngineerEnergy EngineerOptical EngineerProcess EngineerProject Engineer
Graduates / yr
433
in Utah
Median pay · Utah
$110,320
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
1,750
people employed
Schools
6
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
56%
across those schools
Median net price
$13,712
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in Utah that lead to this job

Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.

10 programs in Utah that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in Utah (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own Utah page.

Degree programs that lead to this occupation, ranked by graduates per year
#ProgramGraduates / yrShare of pipelineSchoolsGrad earnings (1 yr)Median debt
1
CIP 14.0101In Utah
138
31.9%
4$67,734$24,375
2
CIP 14.4701In Utah
128
29.6%
1
3
CIP 14.3601In Utah
61
14.1%
1$72,154$21,457
4
CIP 14.2701In Utah
42
9.7%
2$79,942$20,500
5
CIP 14.4501In Utah
28
6.5%
1$59,620$23,012
6
CIP 14.1201In Utah
11
2.5%
1$57,457$24,706
7
CIP 14.4201In Utah
10
2.3%
1$72,645$24,250
8
CIP 14.3301In Utah
8
1.8%
1$75,998$25,314
9
CIP 14.9999In Utah
6
1.4%
2$73,678$22,938
10
CIP 14.3901In Utah
1
0.2%
1$64,080$23,410

Top 6 schools in Utah

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 1 of the 6 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1Brigham Young University
Provo, UT Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs
189Electrical and Computer Engineering81%$13,71268%
2Weber State University
Ogden, UT Public · 3 feeder programs
102Engineering, General46%
3Snow College
Ephraim, UT Public · 2 feeder programs
54Engineering, General46%
4University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT Public · 5 feeder programs
52Systems Engineering65%86%
5Utah State University
Logan, UT Public · 2 feeder programs
31Biological/Biosystems Engineering$52,95159%92%
6Utah Tech University
Saint George, UT Public · 1 feeder programs
5Engineering, General38%

All 6 schools in Utah

Every school in Utah with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.

All schools in Utah that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
Brigham Young UniversityProvoPrivate not-for-profit1892
Weber State UniversityOgdenPublic1023
Snow CollegeEphraimPublic542
University of UtahSalt Lake CityPublic525
Utah State UniversityLoganPublic312
Utah Tech UniversitySaint GeorgePublic51

What engineers, all other earn in Utah

What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.

Median annual in Utah
$110,320
Mean annual
$113,790
Jobs in state
1,750
What the range looks like
10th pct$63,770Median$110,32090th pct$163,340
Versus the national median
-10.3%

U.S. median $122,930. Utah pays below the national figure.

Job concentration
1.02×

1.00× means the state has its expected share of these jobs.

Metro areas in Utah

Ogden, UT
$131,460median
610 jobs
St. George, UT
$103,380median
30 jobs
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT
$96,900median
610 jobs
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT
$102,000median
220 jobs

Job outlook

Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.

Projected growth 2024–34
+2.1%
About as fast as average
Openings per year
9,300
new jobs plus replacements
Employment change
3,300
158,800 → 162,100
Typical entry education
Bachelor's degree

Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.

How to get in

The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Engineers, All Other page.

How to become a Engineer, All Other

Job zone 4 of 5 · SVP 7.0 to < 8.0
Typical entry education
Bachelor's degree

Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.

Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.

Top skills

Critical ThinkingReading ComprehensionWritingActive ListeningSpeakingMathematics

The same job in other states

Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.

Related careers in Utah

Every major mapped to this job

The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.

All 25 majors mapped to Engineers, All Other25 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
  • 14.0101Engineering, General
  • 14.0103Applied Engineering
  • 14.0401Architectural Engineering
  • 14.0702Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
  • 14.0802Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
  • 14.0805Water Resources Engineering
  • 14.1003Laser and Optical Engineering
  • 14.1004Telecommunications Engineering
  • 14.1101Engineering Mechanics
  • 14.1201Engineering Physics/Applied Physics
  • 14.1301Engineering Science
  • 14.2401Ocean Engineering
  • 14.2701Systems Engineering
  • 14.3301Construction Engineering
  • 14.3401Forest Engineering
  • 14.3601Manufacturing Engineering
  • 14.3801Surveying Engineering
  • 14.3901Geological/Geophysical Engineering
  • 14.4001Paper Science and Engineering
  • 14.4101Electromechanical Engineering
  • 14.4201Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering
  • 14.4301Biochemical Engineering
  • 14.4401Engineering Chemistry
  • 14.4501Biological/Biosystems Engineering
  • 14.4701Electrical and Computer Engineering

Common questions

Answers for people weighing engineers, all other programs in Utah.

What degree do you need to become an Engineer, All Other?+

Bachelor's degree is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Engineering, General, which awarded 138 degrees in Utah in 2024-25, 31.9% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.

Which college majors lead to becoming an Engineer, All Other?+

The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 10 programs to this occupation. The largest are Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Systems Engineering, plus 6 more. Together they graduate about 433 people a year in Utah.

How much do engineers, all other earn in Utah?+

The median is $110,320 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 10.3% below the U.S. median of $122,930. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.

Is demand for engineers, all other growing?+

BLS projects a +2.1% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, about as fast as average, with roughly 9,300 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.

How many schools offer programs for this career in Utah?+

6 institutions in Utah reported graduates from at least one of the 10 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.

What other job titles do engineers, all other work under?+

Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Engineer, Laser Engineer, Solar Designer, Design Engineer, Energy Engineer, Optical Engineer among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 17-2199.

About the data on this page

Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).

  • BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics

    May 2025

    Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.

  • BLS Employment Projections

    2024–34

    Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.

  • IPEDS Completions

    2024-25 (provisional)

    Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.

  • College Scorecard, Field of Study

    2020-21 cohorts

    Median graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.

  • Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes

    latest available

    Graduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.

  • NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk

    CIP 2020 / SOC 2018

    Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.

  • O*NET Database 30.3

    30.3

    Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.

    Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA

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