Engineering at Boston University

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

Boston U is located in Boston, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 32,718. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 429 students received a bachelor's degree in engineering from Boston U.

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

Boston U Engineering Degrees Available

• Undergrad Certificate in Engineering (1 - 4 Years)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
• Master’s Degree in Engineering
• Doctorate Degree in Engineering

Boston U Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks engineering programs across the country. The following shows how Boston U 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 Boston U 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
Most Focused Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools	42
Most Focused Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	105

In 2021, 303 students received their master’s degree in engineering from Boston U. This makes it the #40 most popular school for engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 58 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #61 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at Boston U

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

Boston U Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 64% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 36% went to women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at Boston U since its program graduates 11% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% 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 Boston University with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	85
Black or African American	17
Hispanic or Latino	71
White	123
International Students	105
Other Races/Ethnicities	28

Boston U Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 303 engineering students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Boston U, about 65% were men and 35% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	34
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	91
International Students	150
Other Races/Ethnicities	15

Boston U also has a doctoral program available in engineering. In 2021, 58 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 Boston University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Biomedical Engineering	225
Mechanical Engineering	215
Electrical Engineering	149
Computer Engineering	121
Materials Engineering	37
Systems Engineering	30
Manufacturing Engineering	13

Related Majors

• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Architecture & Related Services
• Physical Sciences
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Computer & Information 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 MA, the home state for Boston University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Software Applications Developers	29,110	$109,130
Systems Software Developers	25,540	$117,760
Industrial Engineers	10,720	$102,210
Mechanical Engineers	9,130	$98,190
Architectural and Engineering Managers	8,190	$156,250

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 Cmcnicoll at English Wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.