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Engineering (all) at Notre Dame

Notre Dame graduates about 310 engineering majors a year, 14% of its graduating class. That puts it 12th of 434 schools we score for engineering, a standout program at 94 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $104,000 four years out, 1.09× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $108 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

94/100Standout#12 of 434 for engineering →
Graduates a year31014% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$104,0001.09× the same major nationally
Research in the field$108Ma year, NSF
Admit rate11%whole school
SAT middle 50%1450–1550whole school

Around Notre Dame

Imersive Technologies Lab on the second floor of the Hesburgh Library
Imersive Technologies Lab of the Hesburgh LibraryPhoto: Swanyay · CC0 · source
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Where engineering happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Multidisciplinary Engineering Research Building, Information Technology Center, Fitzpatrick Hall of Engineering, Innovation Park.

Named buildings on the campus map: Dorm 98 · Academic 96 · Athletics 18 · Chapel 6 · Student housing 5 · Library 4.

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Nearby in the engineering ranking

  1. Johns Hopkins University 96
  2. Rice University 96
  3. Cornell University 95
  4. Northwestern University 95
  5. Vanderbilt University 94
  6. Georgia Institute of Technology 93
  7. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor 93
  8. Northeastern University 93

Other strong majors at Notre Dame

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Notre Dame 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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