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Engineering at Tufts University

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. In 2021, 172 engineering majors received their bachelor's degree from Tufts.

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
  • Doctorate Degree in Engineering

Tufts Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the engineering progam at Tufts 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 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.

Ranking Type Rank
40
Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools 61
Most Popular Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools 96
Best Value Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools 97
Most Popular Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools 205
Best Value Engineering Schools 283

In 2021, 117 students received their master’s degree in engineering from Tufts. This makes it the #108 most popular school for engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

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

47% Women
26% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 53% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 47% went to women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at Tufts since its program graduates 21% more women than average.

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About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering at Tufts are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 21
Black or African American 5
Hispanic or Latino 9
White 97
International Students 19
Other Races/Ethnicities 21

Tufts Engineering Master’s Program

31% Women
21% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The engineering program at Tufts awarded 117 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 69% of these degrees went to men with the other 31% going to women.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 13
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 7
White 47
International Students 45
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Tufts also has a doctoral program available in engineering. In 2021, 25 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 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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