Engineering at Northeastern University

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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 865 students received a bachelor's degree in engineering from Northeastern.

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
• Doctorate Degree in Engineering

Online Classes Are Available at Northeastern

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Northeastern offers distance education options for engineering at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Northeastern Engineering Rankings

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

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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	68
Best Engineering Schools	92
Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	95

In 2021, 1,856 students received their master’s degree in engineering from Northeastern. This makes it the #1 most popular school for engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

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

Of the 865 engineering students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Northeastern, about 66% were men and 34% were women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at Northeastern since its program graduates 9% more women than average.

About 55% 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.

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	115
Black or African American	28
Hispanic or Latino	60
White	478
International Students	102
Other Races/Ethnicities	82

Northeastern Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 69% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 31% 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	52
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	25
White	189
International Students	1,550
Other Races/Ethnicities	32

Northeastern also has a doctoral program available in engineering. In 2021, 98 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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

Related Majors

• Communications Technologies & Support
• Architecture & Related Services
• Physical Sciences
• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Mathematics & Statistics

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
• Image Credit: By (User:Piotrus) under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.