2024 Best General Engineering Schools in Washington
3Colleges in Washington
39Engineering Degrees Awarded
$54,445Avg Early-Career Salary
If you plan on majoring in general engineering, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #79 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Washington to determine which ones were the best for general engineering students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 39 degrees in general engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of general engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall General Engineering School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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 the Best General Engineering Schools in Washington.
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Best Schools for General Engineering in Washington
The schools below may not offer all types of engineering degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Gonzaga University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in general engineering. Gonzaga is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Spokane. A Best Colleges rank of #172 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Gonzaga is a great university overall.
There were roughly 15 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at Gonzaga in the most recent year we have data available.
Seattle Pacific University is a great choice for students pursuing a degree in general engineering. Located in the large city of Seattle, SPU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 10th out of 51 schools for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were approximately 13 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at SPU in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the general engineering degree program at Seattle Pacific University make $2,121 above the standard graduate in this field shortly after graduation.
Washington State University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in general engineering. Wazzu is a fairly large public university located in the town of Pullman. A Best Colleges rank of #175 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Wazzu is a great university overall.
There were about 4 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at Wazzu in the most recent data year.
Walla Walla University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in general engineering. Walla Walla U is a small private not-for-profit university located in the small suburb of College Place. This university ranks 19th out of 51 schools for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were approximately 4 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at Walla Walla U in the most recent year we have data available. After graduating, engineering degree recipients typically earn an average of $52,324 in their early careers.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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Your choice of general engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall General Engineering School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
