Engineering

Ceramic Sciences and Engineering

University of Washington-Seattle Campus · Seattle, WA

Medium evidenceMatched peers12 institutions · related subjectsSee the evidence

The degree in numbers

Cost & earnings.

Annual tuition$41,997Institution-level tuition; programme fees may differ · before aid
Grouped debt estimate$23,031Related subjects at 12 matched peer institutions · bachelor's

Earnings context

One career stage.
A clearer comparison.

USD · Bachelor's · 2 years after completion
Same source release. National references exclude this degree.

Selected degree estimate$65,096
Engineering · national$63,302

Behind the number

Your comparison group.

Medium evidence

Related subjects at 12 matched peer institutions · bachelor's

Grouped estimate. Middle half of comparison values: $61,562–$66,781.

Historical earnings archive. College Scorecard legacy FOS archive (file dated 2022-01-19; cohorts vary). Do not interpret this as today's graduate salary. Further study and career changes are not modelled by this early-career figure.

Bachelor's outcomes · 2 years after completion
Institution & subjectReported earnings
University of California-DavisAerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Biomedical/Medical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Engineering, General, Mechanical Engineering$64,866
University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignAerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Agricultural Engineering, Biomedical/Medical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Engineering Mechanics, Engineering Physics, Engineering, General, Industrial Engineering, Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Nuclear Engineering$72,727
North Carolina State University at RaleighAerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Agricultural Engineering, Biomedical/Medical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Engineering, General, Industrial Engineering, Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Textile Sciences and Engineering$61,516
University of Wisconsin-MadisonAgricultural Engineering, Biomedical/Medical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Engineering Mechanics, Geological/Geophysical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Nuclear Engineering$66,941
University of Maryland-College ParkAerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Agricultural Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Engineering, Other, Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering$68,795
University of GeorgiaAgricultural Engineering, Biochemical Engineering, Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering$59,417
University of South FloridaChemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering$58,898
Purdue University-Main CampusAerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Agricultural Engineering, Architectural Engineering Technologies/Technicians, Biomedical/Medical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Construction Engineering, Electrical Engineering Technologies/Technicians, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Engineering Technology, General, Engineering, Other, Engineering-Related Fields, Industrial Engineering, Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians$65,325
Clemson UniversityAgricultural Engineering, Biomedical/Medical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Engineering-Related Fields, Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering$64,109
Binghamton UniversityBiomedical/Medical Engineering, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering$61,578
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh CampusBiomedical/Medical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Civil Engineering Technologies/Technicians, Electrical Engineering Technologies/Technicians, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians$66,728
The University of Tennessee-KnoxvilleAerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Biomedical/Medical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Nuclear Engineering$66,377
How matching & uncertainty work

We first look for the same subject code (or exact subject name), qualification, country, currency, source release and earnings horizon. Peer institutions are matched using admissions selectivity, completion rates, undergraduate size and institution type, with a small preference for the same region. These are institutional proxies, not a ranking of programme quality.

If subject-matched peers are sparse, we try related subjects at closely matched universities, related degrees at this university, then an explicitly labelled national reference. We never multiply a salary by a university prestige score.

Peer and national estimates give each reporting institution one vote, after taking the median of its related programmes. Shared branch-campus outcomes count once. The middle-half range describes variation between reporting institutions. It is not an individual salary range or a statistical confidence interval.

Evidence labels describe match quality and coverage, not validated prediction accuracy. Admissions and size are undergraduate institutional measures, so graduate-degree comparisons are especially approximate.

Historical cohort outcomes are not promised salaries or a causal effect of attending this programme. College Scorecard earnings cover eligible federal-aid recipients, not every graduate or international student. Source definitions ↗