Electrical Engineering at University of Washington - Seattle Campus

What traits are you looking for in a EE 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 EE program.

UW Seattle is located in Seattle, Washington and has a total student population of 48,149. In 2021, 195 EE majors received their bachelor's degree from UW Seattle.

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

UW Seattle Electrical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in EE
• Master’s Degree in EE
• Doctorate Degree in EE

UW Seattle Electrical Engineering Rankings

The EE major at UW Seattle is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Electrical 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.

In 2021, 150 students received their master’s degree in EE from UW Seattle. This makes it the #16 most popular school for EE master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 28 students who received their doctoral degrees in EE, making the school the #24 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of UW Seattle EE Graduates

The median salary of EE students who receive their bachelor's degree at UW Seattle is $73,856. This is 6% higher than $69,521, which is the national average for all EE bachelor's degree recipients.

EE Student Demographics at UW Seattle

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

UW Seattle Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

The EE program at UW Seattle awarded 195 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 79% of these degrees went to men with the other 21% going to women. The typical EE bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% women. So female students are more repesented at UW Seattle since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% more racial-ethnic minorities in its EE 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 EE.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	44
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	66
International Students	53
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

UW Seattle Electrical Engineering Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 150 students earned a master's degree in EE from UW Seattle. About 23% of these graduates were women and the other 77% were men.

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 EE.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	26
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	39
International Students	71
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

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

Related Majors

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

Careers That EE Grads May Go Into

A degree in EE 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
Electrical Engineers	5,650	$113,540
Architectural and Engineering Managers	4,290	$154,620
Electronics Engineers	3,270	$106,700
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 Joe Mabel under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.