Engineering-Related Fields at Stanford University

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

Stanford is located in Stanford, California and has a total student population of 15,953. In 2021, 67 engineering-related fields majors received their bachelor's degree from Stanford.

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

Stanford Engineering-Related Fields Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering-Related Fields
• Master’s Degree in Engineering-Related Fields
• Doctorate Degree in Engineering-Related Fields

Online Classes Are Available at Stanford

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Stanford does offer online courses in engineering-related fields for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Stanford Engineering-Related Fields Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the engineering-related fields progam at Stanford 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-related fields major at Stanford is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering-Related Fields. 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
Most Popular Engineering-Related Fields Schools	4
Most Popular Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor’s Degree Schools	8
Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools	55

In 2021, 103 students received their master’s degree in engineering-related fields from Stanford. This makes it the #6 most popular school for engineering-related fields master’s degree candidates in the country.

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

Earnings of Stanford Engineering-Related Fields Graduates

The median salary of engineering-related fields students who receive their bachelor's degree at Stanford is $77,180. This is 24% higher than $62,086, which is the national average for all engineering-related fields bachelor's degree recipients.

Engineering-Related Fields Student Demographics at Stanford

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

Stanford Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor’s Program

Of the 67 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in engineering-related fields from Stanford in 2021, 48% were men and 52% were women. The typical engineering-related fields bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% women. So female students are more repesented at Stanford since its program graduates 22% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% more racial-ethnic minorities in its engineering-related fields 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-related fields.

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-Related Fields Master’s Program

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

In the engineering-related fields master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 32% of degree recipients. That is 9% better than the national average.*

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

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-related fields. In 2021, 26 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Engineering-Related Fields Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering-related fields 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
Architectural and Engineering Managers	31,580	$175,010
Industrial Engineers	26,220	$107,810
Engineers	20,600	$107,700
Industrial Production Managers	19,910	$123,110
Engineering Technicians	11,280	$71,420

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.