Engineering (all) at Stanford
Stanford graduates about 259 engineering majors a year, 16% of its graduating class. That puts it 2nd of 434 schools we score for engineering, a standout program at 97 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $102,000 four years out, 1.24× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $165 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.
Around Stanford
Where engineering happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: Mechanical Engineering Administration, Mechanical Engineering, TSG, Automotive Innovation Facility, Huang Engineering Center, Mechanical Engineering Laboratory, Blume Earthquake Engineering Center, Shriram Center for Bioengineering & Chemical Engineering, Spilker Engineering and Applied Sciences.
Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 127 · Dorm 58 · Athletics 26 · Dining 11 · Arts 7 · Library 5.
Nearby in the engineering ranking
Other strong majors at Stanford
- Computer science 98 · #2
- Neuroscience 97 · #1
- Physics & astronomy 97 · #6
- Math & statistics 96 · #8
- Economics 95 · #12
- English & writing 95 · #3
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares Stanford 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.