Engineering at Northeastern University

35% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

Northeastern is located in Boston, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 22,905.

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

Northeastern Engineering Degrees Available

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

Northeastern Engineering Rankings

The engineering major at Northeastern 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 98 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #30 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at Northeastern

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

Northeastern Engineering Bachelor’s Program

34% Women

35% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 66% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 34% went to women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 26% women. So female students are more repesented at Northeastern since its program graduates 8% more women than average.

About 54% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering at Northeastern are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% 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 Northeastern University with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	152
Black or African American	27
Hispanic or Latino	75
White	485
International Students	77
Other Races/Ethnicities	78

Northeastern Engineering Master’s Program

37% Women

6% 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 Northeastern University with a master's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	62
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	19
White	163
International Students	1,513
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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Northeastern University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Computer Engineering	776
Mechanical Engineering	377
Other Engineering	375
General Engineering	320
Electrical Engineering	273
Industrial Engineering	207
Civil Engineering	192
Chemical Engineering	172
Systems Engineering	84
Operations Research	32
Robotics Engineering	11

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 Northeastern University.

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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