The 30 companies engineering students in the US are most excited to work for

SpaceX founder and chief engineer Elon Musk reacts at a post-launch news conference to discuss the SpaceX Crew Dragon astronaut capsule in-flight abort test at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida on January 19, 2020.

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• Universum just published its annual ranking of the most attractive employers in the US.
• Looking at the results for engineering students, a high share of students named SpaceX as an ideal employer.
• Here are the 30 employers with the highest share of engineering students calling them an ideal employer.
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30. Rolls-Royce: 3.64% of engineering students ranked the luxury car maker among their top five ideal employers.

Torsten Muller-Otvos, CEO of Rolls-Royce.

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Rank in 2020: 25

Change in rank, 2020-2021: Down 5

29. IBM: 3.64% of engineering students ranked the tech company among their top five ideal employers.

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Rank in 2020: 27

Change in rank, 2020-2021: Down 2

28. Central Intelligence Agency: 3.89% of engineering students ranked the government agency among their top five ideal employers.

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Rank in 2020: 24

Change in rank, 2020-2021: Down 4

27. Nike: 3.94% of engineering students ranked the shoe and apparel maker among their top five ideal employers.

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Rank in 2020: 20

Change in rank, 2020-2021: Down 7

26. BMW Group: 3.99% of engineering students ranked the automobile company among their top five ideal employers.

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Rank in 2020: 16

Change in rank, 2020-2021: Down 10

25. United States Air Force: 4.06% of engineering students ranked the air service branch among their top five ideal employers.

A US military officer walks towards a US Air Force plane at Al Udeid airbase in Doha, Qatar on September 4, 2021.

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Rank in 2020: 39

Change in rank, 2020-2021: Up 14

24. Medtronic: 4.08% of engineering students ranked the medical device company among their top five ideal employers.

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Rank in 2020: 29

Change in rank, 2020-2021: Up 5

23. Pfizer: 4.26% of engineering students ranked the pharmaceutical giant among their top five ideal employers.

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Rank in 2020: 87

Change in rank, 2020-2021: Up 64

22. Intel: 4.26% of engineering students ranked the tech company among their top five ideal employers.

he logo for the Intel Corporation is seen on a sign outside the Fab 42 microprocessor manufacturing site in Chandler, Arizona, U.S., October 2, 2020

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Rank in 2020: 26

Change in rank, 2020-2021: Up 4

21. Toyota: 4.82% of engineering students ranked the automaker among their top five ideal employers.

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Rank in 2020: 21

Change in rank, 2020-2021: No change

20. Ford Motor Company: 4.83% of engineering students ranked the automaker among their top five ideal employers.

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Rank in 2020: 12

Change in rank, 2020-2021: Down 8

19. Environmental Protection Agency: 4.94% of engineering students ranked the government agency among their top five ideal employers.

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Rank in 2020: 28

Change in rank, 2020-2021: Up 9

18. General Electric: 5.20% of engineering students ranked the conglomerate among their top five ideal employers.

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Rank in 2020: 13

Change in rank, 2020-2021: Down 5

17. General Motors: 5.20% of engineering students ranked the automaker among their top five ideal employers.

General Motors' Detroit headquarters.

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Rank in 2020: 15

Change in rank, 2020-2021: Down 2

16. Boston Dynamics: 5.20% of engineering students ranked the robotics company among their top five ideal employers.

Marc Robert, Founder and CEO of Boston Dynamics presents "Spot", during the annual Web Summit technology conference in Lisbon.

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Rank in 2020: 17

Change in rank, 2020-2021: Up 1

15. Johnson & Johnson: 5.58% of engineering students ranked the pharmaceutical giant among their top five ideal employers.

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Rank in 2020: 19

Change in rank, 2020-2021: Up 4

14. United States Department of Energy: 5.92% of engineering students ranked the government department among their top five ideal employers.

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Rank in 2020: 23

Change in rank, 2020-2021: Up 9

13. Department of Defense: 6.08% of engineering students ranked the government department among their top five ideal employers.

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Rank in 2020: 14

Change in rank, 2020-2021: Up 1

12. Raytheon Technologies: 6.09% of engineering students ranked the aerospace and defense company among their top five ideal employers.

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Rank in 2020: 22

Change in rank, 2020-2021: Up 10

11. The Walt Disney Company: 6.34% of engineering students ranked the median and entertainment company among their top five ideal employers.

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Rank in 2020: 9

Change in rank, 2020-2021: Down 2

10. Amazon: 6.37% of engineering students ranked the e-commerce company among their top five ideal employers.

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Rank in 2020: 10

Change in rank, 2020-2021: No change

9. Northrop Grumman: 7.06% of engineering students ranked the aerospace and defense company among their top five ideal employers.

A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket carrying a Cygnus resupply spacecraft is lowered into a horizontal position for final cargo load on Pad-0A, at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Virginia, U.S., April 16, 2019.

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Rank in 2020: 11

Change in rank, 2020-2021: Up 2

8. Microsoft: 8.10% of engineering students ranked the tech giant among their top five ideal employers.

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Rank in 2020: 8

Change in rank, 2020-2021: No change

7. Apple: 10.97% of engineering students ranked the tech giant among their top five ideal employers.

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Rank in 2020: 7

Change in rank, 2020-2021: No change

6. Google: 11.83% of engineering students ranked the tech giant among their top five ideal employers.

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Rank in 2020: 4

Change in rank, 2020-2021: Down 2

5. Boeing: 13.82% of engineering students ranked the aerospace company among their top five ideal employers.

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Rank in 2020: 5

Change in rank, 2020-2021: No change

4. Lockheed Martin: 16.17% of engineering students ranked the aerospace company among their top five ideal employers.

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Rank in 2020: 3

Change in rank, 2020-2021: Down 1

3. NASA: 16.84% of engineering students ranked the US' space agency among their top five ideal employers.

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Rank in 2020: 6

Change in rank, 2020-2021: Up 3

2. Tesla: 23.29% of engineering students ranked the electric car maker among their top five ideal employers.

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Rank in 2020: 1

Change in rank, 2020-2021: Down 1

1. SpaceX: 25.93% of engineering students ranked the rocket and space travel company among their top five ideal employers.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifting off on a resupply mission to the International Space Station.

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Rank in 2020: 2

Change in rank, 2020-2021: Up 1

More about Universum's ranking

The employer branding agency develops different national rankings to give a sense of where students are interested in landing a job after college. Students in the US were asked between October 2020 and March 2021 for this year's ranking. Around 51,000 students from 310 universities were asked to list their five ideal employers that they would want to work for.   

The full list of where engineering students want to work, as well as the other US rankings for 2021, are available on Universum's website here. 

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