Engineering at Olin College

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

Olin College is located in Needham, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 310. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 76 students received a bachelor's degree in engineering from Olin College.

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

Olin College Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

Olin College Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the engineering progam at Olin College 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 Olin College 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
	1
Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1
Most Focused Engineering Schools	1
Best Engineering Schools	1
	1
Most Focused Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1
Best Value Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	43
Best Value Engineering Schools	44
Most Popular Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	293
Most Popular Engineering Schools	325

Engineering Student Demographics at Olin College

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

Olin College Engineering Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 76 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in engineering from Olin College. About 46% were men and 54% were women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at Olin College since its program graduates 29% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% 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 Olin College with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	37
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

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

Concentrations Within Engineering

Engineering majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Olin College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Engineering	33
Electrical Engineering	22
Mechanical Engineering	21

Related Majors

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 Olin College.

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.