Industrial Engineering at University of Washington - Seattle Campus

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

UW Seattle is located in Seattle, Washington and approximately 48,149 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 46 IE 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 Industrial Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

UW Seattle Industrial Engineering Degrees Available

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

UW Seattle Industrial Engineering Rankings

The IE major at UW Seattle is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Industrial 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, 41 students received their master’s degree in IE from UW Seattle. This makes it the #21 most popular school for IE master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in IE, making the school the #25 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do IE Graduates from UW Seattle Make?

The median salary of IE students who receive their bachelor's degree at UW Seattle is $70,127. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 5% higher than the national average of $66,838 for all IE bachelor's degree recipients.

IE Student Demographics at UW Seattle

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

UW Seattle Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 46 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in IE from UW Seattle in 2021, 61% were men and 39% were women. The typical IE bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% women. So female students are more repesented at UW Seattle since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 17% more racial-ethnic minorities in its IE 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 IE.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	17
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UW Seattle Industrial Engineering Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 41 students graduated with a master's degree in IE from UW Seattle. About 66% were men and 34% were women.

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 IE.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	14
International Students	16
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UW Seattle also has a doctoral program available in IE. In 2021, 5 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

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

Careers That IE Grads May Go Into

A degree in IE 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
Industrial Engineers	6,740	$106,980
Architectural and Engineering Managers	4,290	$154,620
Industrial Production Managers	2,750	$128,600
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.