Engineering at Stanford University

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

Stanford is located in Stanford, California and has a total student population of 15,953. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 617 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.

Stanford Engineering Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Stanford

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.

Stanford does offer online education options in engineering for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

Stanford Engineering Rankings

There were 262 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #3 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at Stanford

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

Stanford Engineering Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 617 engineering majors earned their master's degree from Stanford. Of these graduates, 63% were men and 37% were women.

In the engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 32% of degree recipients. That is 15% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	106
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	48
White	176
International Students	239
Other Races/Ethnicities	37

Concentrations Within Engineering

The following engineering concentations are available at Stanford University. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Stanford University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Electrical Engineering	228
Mechanical Engineering	204
Civil Engineering	169
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	88
Materials Engineering	67
Biomedical Engineering	53
Chemical Engineering	41
Other Engineering	27
Petroleum Engineering	4

Related Majors

• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Engineering Technologies
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Physical Sciences
• Biological & Biomedical 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 Stanford University.

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
• Image Credit: By Pere Joan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.