Engineering Science at Harvard University

If you are interested in studying engineering science, you may want to check out the program at Harvard University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Harvard is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and approximately 30,391 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 23 students received a bachelor's degree in engineering science from Harvard.

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.

Harvard Engineering Science Degrees Available

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

Harvard Engineering Science Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks engineering science programs across the country. The following shows how Harvard performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The engineering science major at Harvard 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
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In 2021, 104 students received their master’s degree in engineering science from Harvard. This makes it the #1 most popular school for engineering science master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 23 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering science, making the school the #1 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Science Student Demographics at Harvard

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

Harvard Engineering Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 48% of engineering science bachelor's degrees went to men and 52% went to women. The typical engineering science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 31% women. So female students are more repesented at Harvard since its program graduates 22% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% more racial-ethnic minorities in its engineering science 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 science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	10
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Harvard Engineering Science Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 104 students earned a master's degree in engineering science from Harvard. About 38% of these graduates were women and the other 62% were men.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	15
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	27
International Students	46
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Harvard also has a doctoral program available in engineering science. In 2021, 23 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Electrical Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• Engineering Physics
• Computer 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 MA, the home state for Harvard University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Architectural and Engineering Managers	8,190	$156,250
Engineers	3,090	$109,220
Engineering Professors	1,880	$135,140

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.