Engineering at Northwestern University

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

Northwestern is located in Evanston, Illinois and approximately 22,603 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 378 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.

Northwestern Engineering Degrees Available

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

Northwestern Engineering Rankings

There were 116 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #25 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at Northwestern

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

Northwestern Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 378 students who earned a master's degree in Engineering from Northwestern in 2020-2021, 65% were men and 35% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	35
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	90
International Students	213
Other Races/Ethnicities	21

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 Northwestern University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Other Engineering	93
Mechanical Engineering	77
Materials Engineering	65
Electrical Engineering	61
Civil Engineering	56
Computer Engineering	49
Biomedical Engineering	43
Chemical Engineering	19
Industrial Engineering	19
Engineering Physics	7
Engineering Mechanics	5

Related Majors

• Science Technologies / Technicians
• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Mathematics & Statistics
• 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 IL, the home state for Northwestern University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Software Applications Developers	30,500	$96,610
Mechanical Engineers	17,320	$92,030
Systems Software Developers	17,130	$108,570
Civil Engineers	10,970	$94,570
Industrial Production Managers	10,620	$104,540

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
• Image Credit: By Madcoverboy at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.