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Engineering at Western Washington University

Engineering at Western Washington University

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 Western Washington University stacks up to those at other schools.

WWU is located in Bellingham, Washington and has a total student population of 15,197.

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

WWU Engineering Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

WWU Engineering Rankings

The engineering major at WWU 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.

Engineering Student Demographics at WWU

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

WWU Engineering Bachelor’s Program

16% Women
29% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 84% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 16% went to women.

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About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering at WWU 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 Western Washington University with a bachelor's in engineering.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 5
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 6
White 59
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 15

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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Western Washington University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Electrical and Computer Engineering. 32
Manufacturing Engineering 29
Polymer & Plastics Engineering 26
Electrical Engineering 3

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 Western Washington 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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