Engineering at Washington State University

What traits are you looking for in a engineering school? To help you decide if Washington State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's engineering program.

Wazzu is located in Pullman, Washington and approximately 31,159 students attend the school each year. Of the 6,226 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Washington State University in 2021, 693 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.

Wazzu Engineering Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Wazzu

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.

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

• Master’s Degree

Wazzu Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks engineering programs across the country. The following shows how Wazzu 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 Wazzu 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
Most Focused Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools	113
Best Engineering Schools	138
	171

In 2021, 95 students received their master’s degree in engineering from Wazzu. This makes it the #119 most popular school for engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 64 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #53 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at Wazzu

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

Wazzu Engineering Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 693 engineering majors earned their bachelor's degree from Wazzu. Of these graduates, 82% were men and 18% were women.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering at Wazzu are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 1% more racial-ethnic minorities in its engineering bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	68
Black or African American	16
Hispanic or Latino	81
White	418
International Students	39
Other Races/Ethnicities	71

Wazzu Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 78% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 22% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	29
International Students	52
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Wazzu also has a doctoral program available in engineering. In 2021, 64 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Engineering

If you plan to be a engineering major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Washington State University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Mechanical Engineering	319
Electrical Engineering	173
Civil Engineering	155
Chemical Engineering	65
Computer Engineering	47
Materials Engineering	43
Biomedical Engineering	21
Agricultural Engineering	20
General Engineering	4
Engineering Science	3
Environmental Engineering	2

Related Majors

• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Architecture & Related Services
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Engineering Technologies
• Physical 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 Washington State 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 {} under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.