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Engineering (all) at Dartmouth

Dartmouth graduates about 90 engineering majors a year, 9% of its graduating class. That puts it 21st of 434 schools we score for engineering, a standout program at 91 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $114,000 four years out, 1.21× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $51 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

91/100Standout#21 of 434 for engineering →
Graduates a year909% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$114,0001.21× the same major nationally
Research in the field$51Ma year, NSF
Admit rate6%whole school
SAT middle 50%1500–1580whole school

Around Dartmouth

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Baker-Berry Library at Dartmouth College, 6025 North Main Street in Hanover, New
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Sanborn Library (Dartmouth College)
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Where engineering happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Class of 1982 Engineering and Computer Science Center, MacLean Engineering Sciences Center.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 114 · Dorm 72 · Athletics 10 · Chapel 5 · Fraternity or sorority house 3 · Arts 3.

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Nearby in the engineering ranking

  1. University of Virginia 91
  2. University of Southern California 91
  3. Washington University in St. Louis 91
  4. Tufts University 91
  5. Harvey Mudd College 91
  6. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 90
  7. United States Naval Academy 90
  8. Lehigh University 90

Other strong majors at Dartmouth

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Dartmouth 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.

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