Engineering at New York University

If you are interested in studying engineering, you may want to check out the program at New York University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

NYU is located in New York, New York and has a total student population of 52,775. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 663 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.

NYU Engineering Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at NYU

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

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

• Master’s Degree

NYU Engineering Rankings

There were 41 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #85 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at NYU

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

NYU Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 663 students who graduated with a master’s in engineering from NYU in 2021, 75% were men and 25% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	27
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	16
White	34
International Students	572
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Concentrations Within Engineering

If you plan to be a engineering major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from New York University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Computer Engineering	329
Electrical Engineering	112
Mechanical Engineering	45
Civil Engineering	42
Industrial Engineering	42
Construction Engineering	41
Robotics Engineering	36
Biomedical Engineering	28
Environmental Engineering	19
Chemical Engineering	8
Engineering Physics	3
Operations Research	1

Related Majors

• Agriculture & Agriculture Operations
• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Architecture & Related Services
• Physical Sciences
• Engineering Technologies

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 NY, the home state for New York University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Software Applications Developers	52,640	$116,830
Systems Software Developers	19,690	$115,120
Civil Engineers	16,790	$102,250
Industrial Engineers	12,030	$94,700
Mechanical Engineers	11,280	$91,820

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 Cincin12 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.