Engineering at Tufts University

39% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

Tufts is located in Medford, Massachusetts and approximately 12,219 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.

Tufts Engineering Degrees Available

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

Tufts Engineering Rankings

The engineering major at Tufts 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 25 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #114 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at Tufts

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

Tufts Engineering Bachelor’s Program

50% Women

39% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 26% women. So female students are more repesented at Tufts since its program graduates 23% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% 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 Tufts University with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	41
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	24
White	119
International Students	24
Other Races/Ethnicities	21

Tufts Engineering Master’s Program

32% Women

18% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 68% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 32% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	45
International Students	62
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Biomedical Engineering	77
Mechanical Engineering	76
Electrical Engineering	46
Civil Engineering	40
Chemical Engineering	31
Computer Engineering	19
Environmental Engineering	14
Engineering Physics	7
General Engineering	3
Materials Engineering	2

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 MA, the home state for Tufts University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Software Applications Developers	29,110	$109,130
Systems Software Developers	25,540	$117,760
Industrial Engineers	10,720	$102,210
Mechanical Engineers	9,130	$98,190
Architectural and Engineering Managers	8,190	$156,250

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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