Engineering Physics at Harvard University

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

Harvard is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 30,391.

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

Harvard Engineering Physics Degrees Available

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

Harvard Engineering Physics Rankings

There were 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering physics, making the school the #6 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Physics Student Demographics at Harvard

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

Harvard Engineering Physics Master’s Program

Of the 12 engineering physics students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Harvard, about 58% were men and 42% were women.

In the engineering physics master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 9% 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 physics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	4
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Electrical Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Engineering Science

Careers That Engineering Physics Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering physics 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
Architectural and Engineering Managers	8,190	$156,250
Natural Sciences Managers	4,040	$183,490
Engineers	3,090	$109,220
Engineering Professors	1,880	$135,140
Physicists	360	$150,170

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.