Engineering at George Washington University

43% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

What traits are you looking for in a engineering school? To help you decide if George Washington University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's engineering program.

GWU is located in Washington, District of Columbia and approximately 27,017 students attend the school each year.

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

GWU Engineering Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
Master’s Degree in Engineering

GWU Engineering Rankings

The engineering major at GWU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

There were 28 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #108 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at GWU

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

GWU Engineering Bachelor’s Program

42% Women

43% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 58% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 42% went to women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 26% women. So female students are more repesented at GWU since its program graduates 16% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% more racial-ethnic minorities in its engineering bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	16
Black or African American	22
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	64
International Students	17
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

GWU Engineering Master’s Program

29% Women

23% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 71% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 29% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	17
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	84
International Students	46
Other Races/Ethnicities	31

Concentrations Within Engineering

Engineering majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from George Washington University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Systems Engineering	122
Electrical Engineering	88
Mechanical Engineering	80
Biomedical Engineering	58
Civil Engineering	28
Computer Engineering	9
General Engineering	1

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 DC, the home state for George Washington University.

Occupation	Jobs in DC	Average Salary in DC
Systems Software Developers	2,690	$115,610
Engineers	2,640	$132,530
Software Applications Developers	2,520	$112,510
Architectural and Engineering Managers	1,360	$152,130
Natural Sciences Managers	1,200	$132,310

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
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