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Engineering (all) at Maryland

Maryland graduates about 1,013 engineering majors a year, 12% of its graduating class. That puts it 32nd of 434 schools we score for engineering, a standout program at 89 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $104,000 four years out, 1.10× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $219 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

89/100Standout#32 of 434 for engineering →
Graduates a year1,01312% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$104,0001.10× the same major nationally
Research in the field$219Ma year, NSF
Admit rate45%whole school
SAT middle 50%1360–1520whole school

Around Maryland

Laundry Day performing "FRIENDS" during a concert in August 2024
Laundry Day band in August 2024Photo: Leafy46 · CC0 · source
Photo of the Nyumburu Cultural Center
Nyumburu Cultural CenterPhoto: BethGuay · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Purple Line construction
Purple Line construction on UMD campusPhoto: CarmenEsparzaAmoux · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
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McKeldin Library, UMD, 2023Photo: CarmenEsparzaAmoux · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Where engineering happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Technology Advancement Building, Chemical and Nuclear Engineering Building, Engineering Laboratory Building, Brendan Iribe Center for Computer Science and Engineering, Engineering Annex, Institute for Physical Science & Technology, Jeong H Kim Engineering Building.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 109 · Dining 11 · Student housing 8 · Dorm 8 · Athletics 6 · Arts 4.

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Nearby in the engineering ranking

  1. United States Naval Academy 90
  2. Lehigh University 90
  3. Yale University 90
  4. Harvard University 90
  5. University of Washington 89
  6. University of California, Los Angeles 89
  7. Case Western Reserve University 89
  8. United States Military Academy at West Point 89

Other strong majors at Maryland

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Maryland 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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