General Engineering at Tufts University

If you are interested in studying general 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 the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 students received a bachelor's degree in engineering from Tufts.

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

Tufts General Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

Tufts General Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the engineering progam at Tufts compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 major at Tufts is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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 General Engineering Schools	40
Best Value General Engineering Schools	156

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 General Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 33% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 34% 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	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Tufts also has a doctoral program available in engineering. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Materials Engineering
• Engineering Physics
• Environmental Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Chemical Engineering

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
Architectural and Engineering Managers	8,190	$156,250
Engineers	3,090	$109,220
Engineering Professors	1,880	$135,140

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 Magicpiano under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.