Boston University MS in Engineering

338 Master's Degrees Awarded

Engineering is a program of study at Boston University. The school offers a master’s degree in the area. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the master’s degree program in engineering, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.

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Graduate Cost
Online Learning
Student Diversity
Focus Areas
References

How Much Does a Master’s in Engineering from Boston U Cost?

$57,666 Average Tuition and Fees

Boston U Graduate Tuition and Fees

In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at Boston U was $1,777 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$56,854	$56,854
Fees	$812	$812

Does Boston U Offer an Online MS in Engineering?

Boston U does not offer an online option for its engineering master’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Boston U Online Learning page.

Boston U Master’s Student Diversity for Engineering

338 Master's Degrees Awarded

27.5% Women

15.7% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

In the 2019-2020 academic year, 338 students received their master’s degree in engineering. The gender and racial-ethnic breakdown of those individuals is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 27.5% of the engineering students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 26.8%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 15.7% of the engineering master’s degrees at Boston U in 2019-2020. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 17%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	30
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	11
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	92
International Students	180
Other Races/Ethnicities	20

MS in Engineering Focus Areas at Boston U

Engineering students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Biomedical Engineering	64
Computer Engineering	3
Electrical Engineering	111
Materials Engineering	40
Mechanical Engineering	93

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.