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Systems Engineering at Northeastern University

Systems Engineering at Northeastern University

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

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 Systems Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

Northeastern Systems Engineering Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Systems Engineering

Northeastern Systems Engineering Rankings

Systems Engineering Student Demographics at Northeastern

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

Northeastern Systems Engineering Master’s Program

19% Women
12% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 81% of systems engineering master's degrees went to men and 19% went to women.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 7
International Students 30
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Concentrations Within Systems Engineering

If you plan to be a systems 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
General Systems Engineering 84

Careers That Systems Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in systems 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
Architectural and Engineering Managers 8,190 $156,250
Engineers 3,090 $109,220
Engineering Professors 1,880 $135,140

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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