Engineering

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Total Degrees​
Awarded in 2023
198,720
growing 3.25%
Median In-State​
Public Tuition
$9,003
growing 1.94%
Median Out-of-State​
Private Tuition
$47,690
growing 3.29%

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In 2023, the locations with the highest concentration of Engineering degree recipients are New York, NY, Los Angeles, CA, and Boston, MA. In 2023, the locations with a relatively high number of Engineering degree recipients are Needham, MA, Glen Cove, NY, and Golden, CO. The most common degree awarded to students studying Engineering is a bachelors degree.

Institutions

Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Engineering and the types of students that study this field. undefined awards the most degrees in Engineering in the US, but Franklin W Olin College of Engineering and Webb Institute have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Engineering.

Tuition costs for Engineering majors are, on average, $9,003 for in-state public colleges, and $47,690 for out of state private colleges.

The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Engineering programs are N/A institutions (N/A total). N/A

Tuition Costs for Common Institutions

$9,003
Median In-State Public
$47,690
Median Out of State Private

The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Engineering.

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Specialized Colleges

Out of all institutions that offer Engineering programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Franklin W Olin College of Engineering has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Engineering, with 100%.

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Degrees Awarded by County

Counties with the Most Degrees Awarded in Engineering
  1. 6,774 degrees awarded
  2. 4,054 degrees awarded
  3. 4,038 degrees awarded

This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Engineering by year.

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Diversity

Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Engineering in the United States.

The most common degree type these workers hold is a Bachelors Degree. Male employees are more likely to hold Engineering degrees.

Degrees Awarded

The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Engineering are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Research Doctorate.

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Workforce Degrees

The most common degree types held by the working population in Engineering are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Doctorate degree.

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Sex Imbalance for Common Institutions

Male (73.8%)
Most Common Sex with a Degree in this Field

This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the N/A institutions that graduate the most students in Engineering.

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Global Diversity

Most Common Countries of Origin
  1. India
    503,948 degree recipients
  2. China
    156,760 degree recipients
  3. Mexico
    102,172 degree recipients
High Relative Number of Students
  1. India
    4.13 times more than expected
  2. Iran
    3.11 times more than expected
  3. Other Asia, not specified
    3.1 times more than expected

There are a relatively high number of people that were born in India that hold Engineering degrees (4.13 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is India (503,948 degree recipients).

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