Engineering at Washington University in St Louis

Every 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 Washington University in St Louis stacks up to those at other schools.

WUSTL is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and has a total student population of 15,449. In 2021, 288 engineering majors received their bachelor's degree from WUSTL.

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

WUSTL Engineering Degrees Available

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

WUSTL Engineering Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The engineering major at WUSTL 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 Popular Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools	69
Most Popular Engineering Schools	89

In 2021, 318 students received their master’s degree in engineering from WUSTL. This makes it the #37 most popular school for engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 48 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #72 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at WUSTL

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

WUSTL Engineering Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 288 students earned a bachelor's degree in engineering from WUSTL. About 35% of these graduates were women and the other 65% were men. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at WUSTL since its program graduates 10% more women than average.

About 54% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering at WUSTL 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 Washington University in St Louis with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	35
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	25
White	155
International Students	40
Other Races/Ethnicities	23

WUSTL Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 68% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 32% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	23
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	100
International Students	169
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

WUSTL also has a doctoral program available in engineering. In 2021, 48 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Engineering

The following engineering concentations are available at Washington University in St Louis. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Washington University in St Louis. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Mechanical Engineering	156
Electrical Engineering	116
Biomedical Engineering	107
Chemical Engineering	85
Systems Engineering	54
Other Engineering	51
Computer Engineering	35
Construction Engineering	21
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	20
Materials Engineering	13

Related Majors

• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Engineering Technologies
• Physical Sciences
• Architecture & Related Services
• Mathematics & Statistics

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 MO, the home state for Washington University in St Louis.

Occupation	Jobs in MO	Average Salary in MO
Software Applications Developers	15,380	$93,880
Systems Software Developers	6,440	$94,140
Industrial Engineers	5,680	$87,620
Civil Engineers	5,320	$86,710
Cost Estimators	4,630	$67,620

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 Bachrach44 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.