2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering in Washington

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Washington” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Engineering is the 79th most popular major in the country with 11,796 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, general engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $68,873 and had an average of $20,557 in loans still to pay off.

Across Washington, there were 39 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,445 and $27,000 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 4 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,852 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Washington” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general engineering. That schools that top this list have a program in general engineering in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The engineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Washington”.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Washington

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Washington”.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering in Washington

1

Washington State University
Pullman, Washington

#3 overall quality in Washington

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Pullman, Washington, this large public school awarded 4 degrees to qualified masters’s engineering students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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2

University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Seattle, Washington

#1 overall quality in Washington

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Washington list. University of Washington - Seattle Campus is a large school located in Seattle, Washington that handed out 0 masters’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Rémi Kaupp.