Engineering Science at Dartmouth College

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

Dartmouth is located in Hanover, New Hampshire and approximately 6,292 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 93 engineering science majors received their bachelor's degree from Dartmouth.

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

Dartmouth Engineering Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering Science
• Master’s Degree in Engineering Science
• Doctorate Degree in Engineering Science

Dartmouth Engineering Science Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the engineering science progam at Dartmouth compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The engineering science major at Dartmouth is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering Science. 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
	1
Most Popular Engineering Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1
Best Value Engineering Science Doctor’s Degree Schools	4
Best Value Engineering Science Schools	9
Most Popular Engineering Science Master’s Degree Schools	12

In 2021, 3 students received their master’s degree in engineering science from Dartmouth. This makes it the #13 most popular school for engineering science master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 18 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering science, making the school the #2 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of Dartmouth Engineering Science Graduates

The median salary of engineering science students who receive their bachelor's degree at Dartmouth is $76,341. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 27% higher than the national average of $60,041 for all engineering science bachelor's degree recipients.

Engineering Science Student Demographics at Dartmouth

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the engineering science majors at Dartmouth College.

Dartmouth Engineering Science Bachelor’s Program

Of the 93 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Engineering Science from Dartmouth in 2020-2021, 68% were men and 32% were women. The typical engineering science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 31% women. So female students are more repesented at Dartmouth since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering science at Dartmouth 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 Dartmouth College with a bachelor's in engineering science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	51
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Dartmouth Engineering Science Master’s Program

The engineering science program at Dartmouth awarded 3 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 67% of these degrees went to men with the other 33% going to women.

Of the students who received a engineering science master's degree from Dartmouth, 67% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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

Dartmouth also has a doctoral program available in engineering science. In 2021, 18 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Engineering Physics
• Biomedical Engineering
• General Engineering

Careers That Engineering Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering science can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NH, the home state for Dartmouth College.

Occupation	Jobs in NH	Average Salary in NH
Architectural and Engineering Managers	1,410	$158,150
Engineers	380	$99,070

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 Kane5187 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.