Engineering at Gonzaga University

If you are interested in studying engineering, you may want to check out the program at Gonzaga University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Gonzaga is located in Spokane, Washington and has a total student population of 7,295. Of the 1,435 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Gonzaga University in 2021, 158 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.

Gonzaga Engineering Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Gonzaga

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.

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

• Master’s Degree

Gonzaga Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the engineering progam at Gonzaga compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The engineering major at Gonzaga 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
Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	96
Most Focused Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools	113
	229
	235
Most Popular Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	302
Most Focused Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	302

In 2021, 6 students received their master’s degree in engineering from Gonzaga. This makes it the #303 most popular school for engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

Engineering Student Demographics at Gonzaga

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

Gonzaga Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 158 engineering students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Gonzaga, about 77% were men and 23% were women.

About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering at Gonzaga 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 Gonzaga University with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	120
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	15

Gonzaga Engineering Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 engineering majors earned their master's degree from Gonzaga. Of these graduates, 50% were men and 50% were women.

In the engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 5% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Gonzaga also has a doctoral program available in engineering. In 2021, 0 student 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 Gonzaga University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Mechanical Engineering	80
Civil Engineering	39
Electrical Engineering	24
General Engineering	15
Industrial Engineering	6

Related Majors

• Physical Sciences
• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Computer & Information Sciences
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences

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 Gonzaga University.

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 Gregg M. Erickson under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.