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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 358 students received a bachelor's degree in engineering from WIT.

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

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Engineering Schools	31
	38
Most Popular Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	113
Most Popular Engineering Schools	164
Best Value Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	239
Best Value Engineering Schools	272
Most Focused Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	290
Most Popular Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	315

In 2021, 4 students received their master’s degree in engineering from WIT. This makes it the #316 most popular school for engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

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

The engineering program at WIT awarded 358 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 79% of these degrees went to men with the other 21% going to women.

About 67% 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	30
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	20
White	241
International Students	32
Other Races/Ethnicities	29

WIT Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 4 students who graduated with a master’s in engineering from WIT in 2021, 50% were men and 50% were women.

Of the students who received a engineering master's degree from WIT, 75% 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	0
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

WIT also has a doctoral program available in engineering. In 2021, 0 student 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 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
• Computer & Information 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 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.