Systems Engineering at George Washington University

If you plan to study systems engineering, take a look at what George Washington University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

GWU is located in Washington, District of Columbia and has a total student population of 27,017. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 85 students received their master's degree in systems engineering.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Systems Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

GWU Systems Engineering Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Systems Engineering
• Doctorate Degree in Systems Engineering

Online Classes Are Available at GWU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? GWU offers distance education options for systems engineering at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

GWU Systems Engineering Rankings

There were 11 students who received their doctoral degrees in systems engineering, making the school the #2 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Systems Engineering Student Demographics at GWU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the systems engineering majors at George Washington University.

GWU Systems Engineering Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 85 systems engineering majors earned their master's degree from GWU. Of these graduates, 65% were men and 35% were women.

Of the students who received a systems engineering master's degree from GWU, 59% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from George Washington University with a master's in systems engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	50
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

Related Majors

• Computer Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Electrical Engineering

Careers That Systems Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in systems engineering can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for DC, the home state for George Washington University.

Occupation	Jobs in DC	Average Salary in DC
Engineers	2,640	$132,530
Architectural and Engineering Managers	1,360	$152,130

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Michiel1972 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.