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Located in Hanover, New Hampshire, Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth was founded in 1867 as one of the first schools of engineering in the US. Dartmouth Engineering offers both undergraduate and graduate degree programs within a unified department of engineering sciences and prepares the next generation of engineers to better the world through education and research with human-centered impact.

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Degree Programs

Undergraduate Programs

Master's Programs

Doctoral Programs

Entrepreneurship

Startups

Over 50% of tenure-track faculty have founded startups.

Patents

Over 65% of tenure-track faculty hold patents.

Education

Entrepreneurial training happens at all levels of the curriculum.

2025–2026 Enrollment

  • AB/ BE: 344
  • Partner School Dual Degree (first-year): 50
  • MEng: 117 (31 on-campus, 86 online)
  • MEM: 118
  • MS: 6
  • PhD: 180

Degrees Awarded 2022–2026

Type of Degree Awarded2025–20262024–20252023–20242022–20232021–2022
AB10412611890111
BE11412810189106
MEng744745147
MEM5751595221
MS8101045
PhD3423192123

Gender

  • Undergraduate class of 2026: 38% identify as female
  • National undergraduate average: 25% identify as female

Faculty (2026)

Core: 85

Adjunct, Visiting & Lecturers: 67

Financial Summary (2026)

Endowment: $289 million 
Budget: $107.7 million 
Research support: $41 million
Annual Fund giving: $2.3 million
Graduate alumni participation: 16%

Starting Salaries for 2025 Graduates

$102k

Average starting salary for BE graduates

$129k

Average starting salary for MEM graduates

$93k

Average starting salary for MEng/ MS graduates

$110k

Average starting salary for PhD graduates going into industry

School & Program Leadership

Leadership

Academic Program Directors

  • Ian Baker, Senior Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Programs
  • Eric Fossum, Director, PhD Innovation Program
  • Jason Stauth, Director, Partner School Dual Degree Program
  • Vikrant Vaze, Executive Director, MEM Program
  • Vicki May, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education

Dartmouth Facts

• Founded in 1769 and member of the Ivy League.
• Consistently ranked among the best universities in the world.
• Four-year undergraduate private, liberal arts program with more than 40 academic departments.
• Graduate schools of arts and sciences (Guarini), medicine (Geisel), engineering, and business (Tuck).
• Total Enrollment: Approximately 2,000 graduate; 4,500 undergraduate