Engineering (all) at Buffalo
Buffalo graduates about 760 engineering majors a year, 15% of its graduating class. That puts it 101st of 434 schools we score for engineering, a strong program at 73 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $88,000 four years out, below the national figure for the same major (0.94×). Research spending in the field runs about $125 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.
Around Buffalo
Where engineering happens
Named buildings on the campus map: Dorm 99 · Academic 31 · Athletics 6 · Dining 2 · Chapel 1 · Student housing 1.
Nearby in the engineering ranking
Other strong majors at Buffalo
- Communications & media 85 · #47
- Psychology 82 · #54
- Health & pre-med fields 82 · #49
- Nursing 80 · #26
- History 78 · #95
- Sociology & anthropology 78 · #109
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares Buffalo with every school we score in engineering. It weighs the school's overall strength; how many students graduate in the major and what share of the class they are; research spending in the field (NSF); early pay against the same major nationally; how many courses the catalog lists; and test scores. 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.