General Engineering at Northwestern University

Every general engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the engineering program at Northwestern University stacks up to those at other schools.

Northwestern is located in Evanston, Illinois and approximately 22,603 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 6 engineering majors received their bachelor's degree from Northwestern.

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

Northwestern General Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

Northwestern General Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks engineering programs across the country. The following shows how Northwestern performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The engineering major at Northwestern is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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
	4
Most Popular General Engineering Schools	368

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 General Engineering Bachelor’s Program

The engineering program at Northwestern awarded 6 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 50% of these degrees went to men with the other 50% going to women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 23% women. So female students are more repesented at Northwestern since its program graduates 27% more women than 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	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Northwestern also has a doctoral program available in engineering. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Engineering Mechanics
• Engineering Physics
• Environmental Engineering
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Chemical Engineering

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
Architectural and Engineering Managers	9,760	$136,270
Engineers	4,000	$87,220
Engineering Professors	1,330	$114,010

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 Madcoverboy at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.