Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 359 students received a bachelor's degree in engineering from MIT.

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
• Doctorate Degree in Engineering

MIT Engineering Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	6
Most Popular Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	22
Most Popular Engineering Schools	44
Best Value Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	89

In 2021, 540 students received their master’s degree in engineering from MIT. This makes it the #22 most popular school for engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

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

Of the 359 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in engineering from MIT in 2021, 52% were men and 48% were women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at MIT since its program graduates 23% 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 Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	71
Black or African American	26
Hispanic or Latino	68
White	130
International Students	27
Other Races/Ethnicities	37

MIT Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 65% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 35% 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	59
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	30
White	206
International Students	189
Other Races/Ethnicities	48

MIT also has a doctoral program available in engineering. In 2021, 244 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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

Related Majors

• Biological & Biomedical Sciences
• Architecture & Related Services
• Physical Sciences
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Computer & Information Sciences

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
• Image Credit: By InSapphoWeTrust under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.