Engineering is a program of study at Northwestern University. The school offers a bachelor’s degree in the area. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in engineering, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. In College Factual's most recent rankings for the best schools for engineering majors, Northwestern came in at #9. This puts it in the top 5% of the country in this field of study. It is also ranked #1 in Illinois.
Here are some of the other rankings for Northwestern.
Part-time undergraduates at Northwestern paid an average of $6,901 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
---|---|---|
Tuition | $58,227 | $58,227 |
Fees | $474 | $474 |
Books and Supplies | $1,662 | $1,662 |
On Campus Room and Board | $17,616 | $17,616 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $3,304 | $3,304 |
Learn more about Northwestern tuition and fees.
Online degrees for the Northwestern engineering bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Northwestern Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in engineering in 2019-2020, 40.1% of them were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 23.9%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in engineering at Northwestern in 2019-2020, 37.0% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 31%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 66 |
Black or African American | 17 |
Hispanic or Latino | 35 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 164 |
International Students | 57 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 23 |
Engineering students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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General Engineering | 5 |
Biomedical Engineering | 62 |
Chemical Engineering | 42 |
Civil Engineering | 13 |
Computer Engineering | 24 |
*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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.