The locations with the highest concentration of Engineering degree recipients are , Los Angeles, CA, and New York, NY. The locations with a relatively high number of Engineering degree recipients are . The most common degree awarded to students studying Engineering is a bachelors degree.
Tuition costs for Engineering majors are, on average, $8,190 for in-state public colleges, and $42,120 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Engineering programs are Public, 2-year institutions (412 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 4-year or above (138,438 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Engineering, is Public, 4-year or above (138,438 completions).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Engineering programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
Out of all institutions that offer Engineering programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Webb Institute and Franklin W Olin College of Engineering have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Engineering, with 100% and 100%, respectively.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Engineering majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Engineering majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
The number of Engineering graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 4.23%, from 4.3M in 2017 to 4.48M in 2018.
The largest single share of Engineering graduates go on to work as Software developers (7.68%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Engineering by share of the total number of graduates.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Engineering majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Engineering majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
Demographic information on those who earn a degree in Engineering in the US. The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in Engineering is 43.1, and the most common degree type these workers hold is a Bachelors Degree. Male employees are more likely to hold Engineering degrees, and White students earn the majority (90,501) of the degrees.
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Engineering. The most common ages of employees with this major are 34 and 30 years old, which represent 2.87% and 2.84% of the population, respectively.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Engineering for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by gender for each race & ethnicity of Bachelors Degree recipients in Engineering. White Male students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and gender.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in India that hold Engineering degrees (4.4 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 (465,258 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Engineering field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Engineering majors need many skills, but most especially Speaking. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Engineering majors need more than the average amount of Mathematics, Technology Design, and Science.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Engineering majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Mathematics is very distinctive for majors, but the Speaking, Reading Comprehension, and Instructing are the three most important skills for people in the field.