Engineering Technologies at Stanford University

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

Stanford is located in Stanford, California and approximately 15,953 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,511 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Stanford University in 2021, 67 of them were engineering technologies majors.

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

Stanford Engineering Technologies Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Stanford

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Stanford offers distance education options for engineering tech at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Stanford Engineering Technologies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks engineering tech programs across the country. The following shows how Stanford 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 tech major at Stanford is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering Technologies. 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
Most Popular Engineering Technologies Doctor’s Degree Schools	3
Best Value Engineering Technologies Doctor’s Degree Schools	7
Most Popular Engineering Technologies Schools	78

In 2021, 103 students received their master’s degree in engineering tech from Stanford. This makes it the #12 most popular school for engineering tech master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 26 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering tech, making the school the #3 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Tech Student Demographics at Stanford

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

Stanford Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 67 engineering tech majors earned their bachelor's degree from Stanford. Of these graduates, 48% were men and 52% were women. The typical engineering tech bachelor's degree program is made up of only 16% women. So female students are more repesented at Stanford since its program graduates 36% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% more racial-ethnic minorities in its engineering tech 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 tech.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	29
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Stanford Engineering Technologies Master’s Program

Of the 103 engineering tech students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Stanford, about 50% were men and 50% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	14
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	23
International Students	44
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

Stanford also has a doctoral program available in engineering tech. In 2021, 26 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Engineering Technologies

The following engineering tech concentations are available at Stanford University. 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
Engineering-Related Fields	196

Related Majors

• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Physical Sciences
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences
• Computer & Information Sciences

Careers That Engineering Tech Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering tech 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
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	65,210	$48,720
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	56,660	$45,120
Construction Managers	32,420	$117,770

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 Pere Joan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.