Engineering at Wentworth Institute of Technology

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

WIT is located in Boston, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 4,389.

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

WIT Engineering Degrees Available

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

WIT Engineering Rankings

The engineering major at WIT 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.

Engineering Student Demographics at WIT

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the engineering majors at Wentworth Institute of Technology.

WIT Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 80% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 20% went to women.

About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering at WIT 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 Wentworth Institute of Technology with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	24
Black or African American	20
Hispanic or Latino	21
White	219
International Students	24
Other Races/Ethnicities	32

WIT Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 85% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 15% went to women.

Of the students who received a engineering master's degree from WIT, 54% 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 Wentworth Institute of Technology with a master's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	7
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 Wentworth Institute of Technology. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Mechanical Engineering	127
Civil Engineering	68
Biomedical Engineering	55
Computer Engineering	54
Electrical Engineering	33
Electromechanical Engineering	14
General Engineering	11

Related Majors

• Mathematics & Statistics
• Engineering Technologies
• Architecture & Related Services

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 Wentworth Institute of Technology.

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
• Image Credit: By Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.