Master’s Student Outcomes

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Launch into a High-Impact Career

When our MEMS students complete their master’s degrees, they don’t leave Duke. They launch.

Our graduates accelerate from our forward-looking programs with wide-ranging connections and opportunities. During your studies, you’ll work 1:1 with a career coach and discover how far your purpose and drive can take you.

Graduates of our MEMS program have gone on to careers at elite academic institutions and at leading robotics, aerospace, and electronics firms.

Outcomes for Recent Grads

First reported outcome after 6 months for 2022 graduates

55%

employed full-time

36%

pursue further education

$81,500

average annual starting salary

Select Industry Employers

  • Amazon
  • BotBuilt
  • Capital One
  • Deloitte
  • General Motors
  • Honeywell
  • Intel
  • Lutron Electronics
  • Medtronic
  • MEDVII (China)
  • NexEra Energy Resources

Select Academic Institutions

  • Boston University
  • Duke University
  • Northwestern University
  • Pennsylvania State University
  • Purdue University
  • University of California, Irvine
  • University of Colorado, Boulder 
  • University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Meet Duke MEMS Alumni

9/24 Pratt School of Engineering

$25 Million Gift to Establish New STEM+ Scholars Program

The Karsh STEM+ Scholars Program will match undergraduate students who have declared majors in disciplines in the natural sciences, engineering, and STEM-related fields with faculty in the Pratt School of Engineering and Trinity College of Arts & Sciences.