Engineering at Stanford University

55% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

Stanford is located in Stanford, California and approximately 15,953 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.

Stanford Engineering Degrees Available

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

Stanford Engineering Rankings

The engineering major at Stanford 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 262 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #3 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at Stanford

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

Stanford Engineering Bachelor’s Program

46% Women

55% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 54% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 46% went to women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 26% women. So female students are more repesented at Stanford since its program graduates 19% 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 Stanford University with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	47
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	45
White	89
International Students	28
Other Races/Ethnicities	36

Stanford Engineering Master’s Program

41% Women

31% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 59% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 41% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	100
Black or African American	20
Hispanic or Latino	59
White	169
International Students	297
Other Races/Ethnicities	35

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 Stanford University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Electrical Engineering	259
Mechanical Engineering	253
Civil Engineering	176
Other Engineering	113
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	93
Biomedical Engineering	77
Materials Engineering	73
Chemical Engineering	65
Environmental Engineering	8
Petroleum Engineering	4

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 CA, the home state for Stanford University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Software Applications Developers	148,550	$127,950
Systems Software Developers	88,910	$131,700
Civil Engineers	45,060	$109,680
Architectural and Engineering Managers	31,580	$175,010
Electronics Engineers	29,210	$123,540

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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