Engineering at Harvard University

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

Harvard is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and approximately 30,391 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 48 students received a bachelor's degree in engineering from Harvard.

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

Harvard Engineering Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Harvard

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

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

Harvard Engineering Rankings

The engineering major at Harvard 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.

In 2021, 214 students received their master’s degree in engineering from Harvard. This makes it the #64 most popular school for engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 28 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #108 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at Harvard

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

Harvard Engineering Bachelor’s Program

The engineering program at Harvard awarded 48 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 56% of these degrees went to men with the other 44% going to women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at Harvard since its program graduates 19% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 26% 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 Harvard University with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	15
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Harvard Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 214 engineering students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Harvard, about 66% were men and 34% were women.

In the engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 32% of degree recipients. That is 3% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	35
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	17
White	67
International Students	70
Other Races/Ethnicities	16

Harvard also has a doctoral program available in engineering. In 2021, 28 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Engineering

The following engineering concentations are available at Harvard University. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Harvard University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Engineering Science	150
Computer Engineering	92
Biomedical Engineering	17
Engineering Physics	17
Mechanical Engineering	11
Electrical Engineering	5

Related Majors

• Engineering Technologies
• Architecture & Related Services
• Physical Sciences
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Natural Resources & Conservation

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 Harvard 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 Elisa.rolle under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.