Civil Engineering at University of Washington - Seattle Campus

What traits are you looking for in a civil eng school? To help you decide if University of Washington - Seattle Campus is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's civil eng program.

UW Seattle is located in Seattle, Washington and has a total student population of 48,149.

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

UW Seattle Civil Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Eng
• Master’s Degree in Civil Eng

UW Seattle Civil Engineering Rankings

The civil eng major at UW Seattle is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Civil 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 22 students who received their doctoral degrees in civil eng, making the school the #10 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Civil Eng Student Demographics at UW Seattle

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

UW Seattle Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 66% of civil eng bachelor's degrees went to men and 34% went to women. The typical civil eng bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% women. So female students are more repesented at UW Seattle since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% more racial-ethnic minorities in its civil eng bachelor's program 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 bachelor's in civil eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	37
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	55
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

UW Seattle Civil Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 64% of civil eng master's degrees went to men and 36% went to women.

In the civil eng master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 35% of degree recipients. That is 4% 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 civil eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	18
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	66
International Students	16
Other Races/Ethnicities	17

Concentrations Within Civil Engineering

The following civil eng concentations are available at University of Washington - Seattle Campus. 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
General Civil Engineering	274
Trasportation Engineering	37
Civil Engineering	9

Related Majors

• Other Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Robotics Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Materials Engineering

Careers That Civil Eng Grads May Go Into

A degree in civil eng 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
Civil Engineers	11,440	$93,120
Architectural and Engineering Managers	4,290	$154,620
Engineers	3,160	$104,890
Environmental Engineers	1,870	$99,750
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 Joe Mabel under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.