Engineering at George Washington University

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. Of the 3,572 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from George Washington University in 2021, 140 of them were engineering majors.

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
• Doctorate Degree in Engineering

Online Classes Are Available at GWU

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.

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

• Master’s Degree

GWU Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks engineering programs across the country. The following shows how GWU performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
	38
Best Engineering Schools	68
Best Value Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	116

In 2021, 217 students received their master’s degree in engineering from GWU. This makes it the #63 most popular school for engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

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

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at GWU since its program graduates 25% more women than average.

About 66% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering at GWU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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	9
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	92
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

GWU Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 217 students who earned a master's degree in Engineering from GWU in 2020-2021, 72% were men and 28% were 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	16
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	76
International Students	91
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

GWU also has a doctoral program available in engineering. In 2021, 28 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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

Related Majors

• Architecture & Related Services
• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Physical Sciences
• Engineering Technologies
• Mathematics & Statistics

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
• Image Credit: By Michiel1972 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.