Engineering at Villanova University

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

Villanova is located in Villanova, Pennsylvania and approximately 11,032 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 252 engineering majors received their bachelor's degree from Villanova.

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

Villanova Engineering Degrees Available

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

Villanova Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks engineering programs across the country. The following shows how Villanova performed in these rankings.

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 Villanova 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
	57
	70
Best Value Engineering Schools	85
Most Focused Engineering Schools	167

In 2021, 142 students received their master’s degree in engineering from Villanova. This makes it the #97 most popular school for engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 17 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #137 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at Villanova

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

Villanova Engineering Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 252 engineering majors earned their bachelor's degree from Villanova. Of these graduates, 69% were men and 31% were women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at Villanova since its program graduates 6% more women than average.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering at Villanova 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 Villanova University with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	14
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	201
International Students	13
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Villanova Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 142 engineering students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Villanova, about 64% were men and 36% were women.

Of the students who received a engineering master's degree from Villanova, 68% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	96
International Students	13
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

Villanova also has a doctoral program available in engineering. In 2021, 17 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 Villanova University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Civil Engineering	96
Mechanical Engineering	89
Computer Engineering	65
Chemical Engineering	65
Electrical Engineering	42
Electrical and Computer Engineering.	23
General Engineering	18
Energy Systems Engineering	16
Biochemical Engineering	13
Electromechanical Engineering	2
Materials Engineering	1
Engineering Mechanics	1

Related Majors

• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Physical Sciences
• Computer & Information Sciences
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences
• Mathematics & Statistics

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 PA, the home state for Villanova University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Software Applications Developers	28,260	$96,370
Mechanical Engineers	16,590	$85,740
Civil Engineers	12,530	$88,740
Industrial Engineers	9,280	$86,080
Electrical Engineers	8,870	$94,870

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 Alertjean under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.