Engineering at Princeton University

53% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

Princeton is located in Princeton, New Jersey and approximately 7,853 students attend the school each year.

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

Princeton Engineering Degrees Available

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

Princeton Engineering Rankings

The engineering major at Princeton 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 61 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #57 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at Princeton

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

Princeton Engineering Bachelor’s Program

39% Women

53% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 61% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 39% went to women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 26% women. So female students are more repesented at Princeton since its program graduates 13% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 22% 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 Princeton University with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	61
Black or African American	19
Hispanic or Latino	17
White	62
International Students	37
Other Races/Ethnicities	15

Princeton Engineering Master’s Program

33% Women

31% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 33% went to women.

In the engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 31% of degree recipients. That is 1% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	21
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	42
International Students	52
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

Concentrations Within Engineering

The following engineering concentations are available at Princeton University. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Princeton University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Electrical Engineering	84
Operations Research	79
Mechanical Engineering	69
Chemical Engineering	52
Civil Engineering	47

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 NJ, the home state for Princeton University.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
Software Applications Developers	46,930	$107,640
Systems Software Developers	8,960	$123,370
Civil Engineers	8,020	$103,760
Cost Estimators	5,270	$75,340
Computer Network Architects	5,160	$124,310

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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