Engineering at Rutgers University - New Brunswick

What traits are you looking for in a engineering school? To help you decide if Rutgers University - New Brunswick is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's engineering program.

Rutgers New Brunswick is located in New Brunswick, New Jersey and has a total student population of 50,411. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 874 students received a bachelor's degree in engineering from Rutgers New Brunswick.

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

Rutgers New Brunswick Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
• Master’s Degree in Engineering
• Doctorate Degree in Engineering

Rutgers New Brunswick Engineering Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The engineering major at Rutgers New Brunswick 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
Best Engineering Schools	118
Most Focused Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	184

In 2021, 237 students received their master’s degree in engineering from Rutgers New Brunswick. This makes it the #52 most popular school for engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 80 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #42 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at Rutgers New Brunswick

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

Rutgers New Brunswick Engineering Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 874 engineering majors earned their bachelor's degree from Rutgers New Brunswick. Of these graduates, 73% were men and 27% were women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at Rutgers New Brunswick since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 25% 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 Rutgers University - New Brunswick with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	286
Black or African American	50
Hispanic or Latino	93
White	330
International Students	60
Other Races/Ethnicities	55

Rutgers New Brunswick Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 237 engineering students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Rutgers New Brunswick, about 71% were men and 29% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	30
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	57
International Students	128
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Rutgers New Brunswick also has a doctoral program available in engineering. In 2021, 80 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Engineering

If you plan to be a 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 Rutgers University - New Brunswick. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Electrical Engineering	319
Mechanical Engineering	205
Biomedical Engineering	141
Civil Engineering	128
Industrial Engineering	117
Chemical Engineering	108
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	58
Engineering Science	47
Ceramic Engineering	47
Agricultural Engineering	16
Systems Engineering	5

Related Majors

• Engineering Technologies
• Architecture & Related Services
• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Physical Sciences
• Agriculture & Agriculture Operations

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 Rutgers University - New Brunswick.

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
• Image Credit: By Zampromote under License

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