Engineering at Naval Postgraduate School

If you plan to study engineering, take a look at what Naval Postgraduate School has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Naval Postgraduate School is located in Monterey, California and has a total student population of 2,866.

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

Naval Postgraduate School Engineering Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Naval Postgraduate School

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Naval Postgraduate School does offer online education options in engineering for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

Naval Postgraduate School Engineering Rankings

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

There were 7 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #190 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at Naval Postgraduate School

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the engineering majors at Naval Postgraduate School.

Naval Postgraduate School Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 423 engineering students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Naval Postgraduate School, about 81% were men and 19% were women.

Of the students who received a engineering master's degree from Naval Postgraduate School, 73% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	27
Black or African American	18
Hispanic or Latino	28
White	309
International Students	23
Other Races/Ethnicities	18

Concentrations Within Engineering

If you plan to be a engineering major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Naval Postgraduate School. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Systems Engineering	453
Operations Research	170
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	154
Electrical Engineering	71
Nuclear Engineering	35
Mechanical Engineering	34
Energy Systems Engineering	26
Robotics Engineering	23
Engineering Physics	1

Related Majors

• Mathematics & Statistics
• Physical Sciences
• 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 CA, the home state for Naval Postgraduate School.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Software Applications Developers	148,550	$127,950
Systems Software Developers	88,910	$131,700
Civil Engineers	45,060	$109,680
Architectural and Engineering Managers	31,580	$175,010
Electronics Engineers	29,210	$123,540

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.