Engineering at University of Notre Dame

If you plan to study engineering, take a look at what University of Notre Dame has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Notre Dame is located in Notre Dame, Indiana and approximately 12,809 students attend the school each year. Of the 2,848 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Notre Dame in 2021, 319 of them were engineering majors.

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

Notre Dame Engineering Degrees Available

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

Notre Dame Engineering Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The engineering major at Notre Dame 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
Best Value Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	157

In 2021, 103 students received their master’s degree in engineering from Notre Dame. This makes it the #114 most popular school for engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 70 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #49 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at Notre Dame

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

Notre Dame Engineering Bachelor’s Program

The engineering program at Notre Dame awarded 319 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 58% of these degrees went to men with the other 42% going to women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at Notre Dame since its program graduates 17% more women than average.

About 72% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering at Notre Dame 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 University of Notre Dame with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	13
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	34
White	229
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	24

Notre Dame Engineering Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 103 students graduated with a master's degree in engineering from Notre Dame. About 65% were men and 35% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	50
International Students	37
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Notre Dame also has a doctoral program available in engineering. In 2021, 70 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Engineering

Engineering majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Notre Dame. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Mechanical Engineering	135
Chemical Engineering	88
Civil Engineering	67
Electrical Engineering	60
Computer Engineering	52
Engineering Science	42
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	28
Environmental Engineering	17
Biomedical Engineering	2
Materials Engineering	1

Related Majors

• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Architecture & Related Services
• Physical Sciences
• Computer & Information Sciences
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences

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 IN, the home state for University of Notre Dame.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Industrial Engineers	10,820	$74,430
Software Applications Developers	9,770	$88,570
Mechanical Engineers	7,770	$82,510
Industrial Production Managers	5,740	$98,840
Cost Estimators	4,360	$65,790

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 Ssantera under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.