General Engineering at Seattle Pacific University

Every general engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the engineering program at Seattle Pacific University stacks up to those at other schools.

SPU is located in Seattle, Washington and approximately 3,601 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 students received a bachelor's degree in engineering from SPU.

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

SPU General Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

SPU General Engineering Rankings

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

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 SPU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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
Most Popular General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	50
Best General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	69
Best Value General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	74
	77
Most Focused General Engineering Schools	222

How Much Do Engineering Graduates from SPU Make?

The median salary of engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at SPU is $56,566. This is less than $61,282, which is the national average of all engineering majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Engineering Student Demographics at SPU

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

SPU General Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 69% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 31% went to women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 23% women. So female students are more repesented at SPU since its program graduates 8% more women than average.

About 62% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering at SPU 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 Seattle Pacific University with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	8
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

SPU also has a doctoral program available in engineering. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Computer Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering

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 Seattle Pacific University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Architectural and Engineering Managers	4,290	$154,620
Engineers	3,160	$104,890
Engineering Professors	800	$101,880

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 Westlake78 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.