Engineering at University of Washington - Seattle Campus

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

UW Seattle is located in Seattle, Washington and has a total student population of 48,149. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 618 students received their master's degree in engineering.

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

UW Seattle Engineering Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UW Seattle

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

UW Seattle does offer online education options in engineering for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

UW Seattle Engineering Rankings

There were 111 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #26 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at UW Seattle

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

UW Seattle Engineering Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 618 engineering majors earned their master's degree from UW Seattle. Of these graduates, 73% were men and 27% were women.

In the engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 23% of degree recipients. That is 6% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	87
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	27
White	210
International Students	253
Other Races/Ethnicities	29

Concentrations Within Engineering

If you plan to be a engineering major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Washington - Seattle Campus. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Electrical Engineering	178
Civil Engineering	170
Mechanical Engineering	145
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	62
Materials Engineering	51
Industrial Engineering	46
Chemical Engineering	40
Biomedical Engineering	37

Related Majors

• Agriculture & Agriculture Operations
• Science Technologies / Technicians
• Engineering Technologies
• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Architecture & Related Services

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in 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 WA, the home state for University of Washington - Seattle Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Software Applications Developers	53,860	$131,790
Systems Software Developers	16,130	$121,250
Civil Engineers	11,440	$93,120
Mechanical Engineers	7,750	$96,860
Industrial Engineers	6,740	$106,980

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 Joe Mabel under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.