Engineering at Naval Postgraduate School

Every engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the engineering program at Naval Postgraduate School stacks up to those at other schools.

Naval Postgraduate School is located in Monterey, California and approximately 2,866 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 423 students received their master's degree in engineering.

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

Naval Postgraduate School Engineering Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Naval Postgraduate School

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Naval Postgraduate School does offer online courses in engineering for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Naval Postgraduate School Engineering Rankings

There were 7 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #190 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at Naval Postgraduate School

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the engineering majors at Naval Postgraduate School.

Naval Postgraduate School Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 423 students who graduated with a master’s in engineering from Naval Postgraduate School in 2021, 81% were men and 19% were women.

Of the students who received a engineering master's degree from Naval Postgraduate School, 73% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 20% of degree recipients. That is 3% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	27
Black or African American	18
Hispanic or Latino	28
White	309
International Students	23
Other Races/Ethnicities	18

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 Naval Postgraduate School. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Systems Engineering	453
Operations Research	170
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	154
Electrical Engineering	71
Nuclear Engineering	35
Mechanical Engineering	34
Energy Systems Engineering	26
Robotics Engineering	23
Engineering Physics	1

Related Majors

• Mathematics & Statistics
• Physical Sciences
• 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 CA, the home state for Naval Postgraduate School.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Software Applications Developers	148,550	$127,950
Systems Software Developers	88,910	$131,700
Civil Engineers	45,060	$109,680
Architectural and Engineering Managers	31,580	$175,010
Electronics Engineers	29,210	$123,540

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.