Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

61% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

What traits are you looking for in a engineering school? To help you decide if Massachusetts Institute of Technology is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's engineering program.

MIT is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 11,254.

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

MIT Engineering Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
Master’s Degree in Engineering

MIT Engineering Rankings

The engineering major at MIT 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.

There were 244 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #6 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at MIT

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the engineering majors at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

MIT Engineering Bachelor’s Program

52% Women

61% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 48% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 52% went to women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 26% women. So female students are more repesented at MIT since its program graduates 25% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 31% 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 Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	105
Black or African American	29
Hispanic or Latino	76
White	124
International Students	32
Other Races/Ethnicities	56

MIT Engineering Master’s Program

37% Women

25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 63% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 37% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	69
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	44
White	199
International Students	209
Other Races/Ethnicities	50

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 Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Mechanical Engineering	291
Systems Engineering	208
Electrical Engineering	173
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	130
Biomedical Engineering	88
Chemical Engineering	84
Materials Engineering	59
Civil Engineering	45
Operations Research	23
Nuclear Engineering	22
Environmental Engineering	20

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 Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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
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