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Engineering (all) at Minnesota

Minnesota graduates about 786 engineering majors a year, 10% of its graduating class. That puts it 72nd of 434 schools we score for engineering, a standout program at 80 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $94,000 four years out, about the national figure for the same major. Research spending in the field runs about $161 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

Graduates a year78610% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$94,0000.98× the same major nationally
Research in the field$161Ma year, NSF
Admit rate80%whole school
SAT middle 50%1290–1500whole school

Around Minnesota

Scholars Walk
University of Minnesota - Scholars Walk (3099117518)Photo: A Gude · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
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Rose rugosa "Japanese Rose", umn - Flickr - odako1Photo: Koichi Oda · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
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McNamara Alumni Center - atrium 06Photo: Runner1928 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
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McNamara Alumni Center, University of Minnesota (32718108201)Photo: Tony Webster from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source

Where engineering happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Physics and Nanotechnology Building, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering Building, Information Technology.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 73 · Athletics 10 · Fraternity or sorority house 9 · Dorm 5 · Student housing 5 · Chapel 3.

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Nearby in the engineering ranking

  1. University of Connecticut 82
  2. Tulane University of Louisiana 82
  3. University of Pittsburgh 81
  4. California Polytechnic State University–San Luis Obispo 80
  5. Drexel University 80
  6. Rochester Institute of Technology 80
  7. Wake Forest University 80
  8. University of Massachusetts–Amherst 79

Other strong majors at Minnesota

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Minnesota 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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