Top Reasons To Choose Washington State University Online
The College of Engineering and Architecture is ranked #89 in Best Engineering Schools (U.S. News & World Report). $31.5 million was spent in 2020 on research expenditures. 32% of the students are students of color and 22% are female.
The College has 11 research institutes and labs, and undergraduate students may participate in paid research.
The College offers undergraduate degrees, graduate degrees, doctoral degrees and certificates in areas including chemical, civil, construction, electrical, mechanical, and software engineering. Three graduate degrees are offered online. Students may earn a graduate degree in electrical power engineering, engineering and tech management, or software engineering.
First year students who show an interest and talent for STEM, but may have deficiencies in mathematical education may take advantage of the STARS Program, which will help them build the needed math skills.
Washington State is a Yellow Ribbon school, and a Servicemembers Opportunity College. Credit is available for military training.
An institution’s program specfic score is calculated with seven data points: (1) its student-to-faculty ratio, (2) its the graduation rate, (3) its retention rate, (4) its percentage of online students, (5) its concentrated Influence (a measure of the academic importance of a school), (6) its desirability (a measure of how many students chose to go to an institution), and (7) its exclusivity (a measure of how selective the insitutionis).
For each data point, we score schools based on where they fall compared to the other institutions on our site. Because our scores are based only on institutions with engineering programs and not tied to institutions without these programs, they accurately reflect an institutions’s value to the engineering student. Institutions with missing data receive a zero for that data point.
We weigh each data point and calculate an institution’s raw score. Then we create an adjusted raw score by combining a schools's score with a base score of 50. Finally, we score and rank institutions based on their adjusted score’s comparison to the top scoring institution.
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An institution’s program specfic score is calculated with seven data points: (1) its student-to-faculty ratio, (2) its the graduation rate, (3) its retention rate, (4) its percentage of online students, (5) its concentrated Influence (a measure of the academic importance of a school), (6) its desirability (a measure of how many students chose to go to an institution), and (7) its exclusivity (a measure of how selective the insitutionis).
For each data point, we score schools based on where they fall compared to the other institutions on our site. Because our scores are based only on institutions with engineering programs and not tied to institutions without these programs, they accurately reflect an institutions’s value to the engineering student. Institutions with missing data receive a zero for that data point.
We weigh each data point and calculate an institution’s raw score. Then we create an adjusted raw score by combining a schools's score with a base score of 50. Finally, we score and rank institutions based on their adjusted score’s comparison to the top scoring institution.
Focused on online engineering colleges, our relative cost score compares the average in-state tuitions of institutions with online engineering programs.
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