Engineering Design
Stem Major
Add ComparisonIn 2024, the locations with the highest concentration of Engineering Design degree recipients are Pittsburgh, PA, Philadelphia, PA, and Cambridge, MA. In 2024, the locations with a relatively high number of Engineering Design degree recipients are Pittsburgh, PA, Cambridge, MA, and St. Cloud, MN. The most common degree awarded to students studying Engineering Design is a masters degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Engineering Design and the types of students that study this field. Carnegie Mellon University awards the most degrees in Engineering Design in the US, having also the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Engineering Design, followed by University of Pennsylvania.
Tuition costs for Engineering Design majors are, on average, $11,478 for in-state public colleges, and $60,920 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Engineering Design programs are Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above institutions (7 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above (241 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Engineering Design, is Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above (241 completions in 2024).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Engineering Design programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
Carnegie Mellon University has the most Engineering Design degree recipients, with 146 degrees awarded in 2024.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Engineering Design.
Out of all institutions that offer Engineering Design programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Carnegie Mellon University has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Engineering Design, with 2.42%.
Information on the businesses and industries that employ Engineering Technologies graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.
The average salary for Engineering Technologies majors is $114,259 and the most common occupations are Software developers, Other managers, and Miscellaneous engineers, including nuclear engineers.
The industry that employs the most Engineering Technologies majors is Computer Systems Design, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Internet publishing, broadcasting & web search portals.
The average salary for Engineering Technologies majors is $114,259 and the most common occupations are Software developers, Other managers, and Miscellaneous engineers, including nuclear engineers.
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Engineering Technologies majors.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Engineering Technologies majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Engineering Technologies majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
The most common occupations for Engineering Technologies majors, by number of employees, are Software developers, Other managers, and Miscellaneous engineers, including nuclear engineers.
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Engineering Technologies majors working as Materials engineers, Industrial engineers, including health & safety, and Mechanical engineers.
The highest paid occupations by median income for Engineering Technologies majors are Cardiovascular technologists and technicians, Chiropractors, and Physicians.
The number of Engineering Technologies graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 2.76%, from 437,979 in 2023 to 450,062 in 2024.
The largest single share of Engineering Technologies graduates go on to work as Software developers (7.58%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Engineering Technologies by share of the total number of graduates.
The most common industries that employ Engineering Technologies majors, by number of employees, are Computer Systems Design, Construction, and Architectural, engineering & related services.
The highest paying industries of Engineering Technologies majors, by average wage, are Internet publishing, broadcasting & web search portals, Management of companies & enterprises, and Shoe retailers.
The number of Engineering Technologies graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 2.76%, from 437,979 in 2023 to 450,062 in 2024.
The industry which employs the most Engineering Technologies graduates by share is Computer Systems Design, followed by Construction. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Engineering Technologies.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Engineering Technologies majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Engineering Technologies majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Engineering Technologies in the United States.
The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in Engineering Technologies is 44.9.
The most common degree type these workers hold is a Masters Degree. Female employees are more likely to hold Engineering Technologies degrees, and Non-resident Alien students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in Engineering Technologies (175 students).
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Engineering Technologies. The most common ages of employees with this major are 38 and 36 years old, which represent 2.89% and 2.86% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Engineering Design are Masters Degree, Postbaccalaureate Certificate, and Certificate of at least 1 but less than 2 academic years.
The most common degree types held by the working population in Engineering Technologies are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Doctorate degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Engineering Design.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Engineering Design for each race & ethnicity.
In 2024, Non-resident Alien students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Masters Degree recipients in Engineering Design.
Non-resident Alien Female students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Europe that hold Engineering Technologies degrees (8.39 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is India (57,971 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Engineering Design field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Engineering Design majors need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Engineering Design majors need more than the average amount of Equipment Selection, Technology Design, and Repairing.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Engineering Design majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Equipment Selection is very distinctive for majors, but the Reading Comprehension, Critical Thinking, and Writing are the three most important skills for people in the field.
