Engineering at Northwestern University

41% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you are interested in studying engineering, you may want to check out the program at Northwestern University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Northwestern is located in Evanston, Illinois and has a total student population of 22,603.

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

Northwestern Engineering Degrees Available

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

Northwestern Engineering Rankings

The engineering major at Northwestern 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 116 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #25 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at Northwestern

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

Northwestern Engineering Bachelor’s Program

37% Women

41% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 63% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 37% went to women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 26% women. So female students are more repesented at Northwestern since its program graduates 11% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% 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 Northwestern University with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	59
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	41
White	138
International Students	49
Other Races/Ethnicities	17

Northwestern Engineering Master’s Program

40% Women

18% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 40% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	36
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	24
White	100
International Students	214
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

Concentrations Within Engineering

Engineering majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Northwestern University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Mechanical Engineering	142
Other Engineering	93
Industrial Engineering	91
Biomedical Engineering	89
Materials Engineering	82
Electrical Engineering	76
Civil Engineering	72
Computer Engineering	65
Chemical Engineering	48
Manufacturing Engineering	25
Environmental Engineering	12
Engineering Physics	7
General Engineering	6
Engineering Mechanics	5

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 IL, the home state for Northwestern University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Software Applications Developers	30,500	$96,610
Mechanical Engineers	17,320	$92,030
Systems Software Developers	17,130	$108,570
Civil Engineers	10,970	$94,570
Industrial Production Managers	10,620	$104,540

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
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