2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering in Washington

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In 2021-2022, 192,474 engineering students received their degree, making the major the 7th most popular in the country. In , engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $68,641 and had an average of $23,252 in loans still to pay off.

Across Washington, there were 3,228 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,364 and $22,542 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 174 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,724 and $148,032 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Washington” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in engineering. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in engineering.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Washington

The colleges and universities below are the best for washington doctor’s degree engineering students.

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

1

Washington State University
Pullman, Washington

#3 overall quality in Washington

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Washington list. Wazzu is a large school located in Pullman, Washington that handed out 73 doctorate’s engineering degrees in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% 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%.

Full Washington State University Engineering Report

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University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Seattle, Washington

#1 overall quality in Washington

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. UW Seattle is a large school located in Seattle, Washington that handed out 101 doctorate’s engineering degrees in 2021-2022.

With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Engineering at UW Seattle

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.

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