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Engineering (all) at Miami

Miami graduates about 186 engineering majors a year, 6% of its graduating class. That puts it 78th of 434 schools we score for engineering, a strong program at 78 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $95,000 four years out, about the national figure for the same major. Research spending in the field runs about $9 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

78/100Strong#78 of 434 for engineering →
Graduates a year1866% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$95,0001.00× the same major nationally
Research in the field$9Ma year, NSF
Admit rate19%whole school
SAT middle 50%1310–1480whole school

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View of Shalala Student Center at the University of Miami.
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Where engineering happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: McArthur Engineering Building, Weeks Music Library and Technology Center, Knight Center for Music Innovation.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 73 · Dorm 11 · Student housing 10 · Athletics 9 · Arts 6 · Library 2.

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Nearby in the engineering ranking

  1. University of Massachusetts–Amherst 79
  2. University of Dayton 78
  3. University of California, Santa Barbara 78
  4. Marquette University 78
  5. Southern Methodist University 78
  6. Clemson University 77
  7. University of Utah 77
  8. Stony Brook University–SUNY 77

Other strong majors at Miami

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Miami 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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