Automotive Engineering Technology at Western Washington University

If you plan to study automotive engineering technology/technician, take a look at what Western Washington University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

WWU is located in Bellingham, Washington and approximately 15,197 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Automotive Engineering Technology section at the bottom of this page.

WWU Automotive Engineering Technology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Automotive Engineering Tech

WWU Automotive Engineering Technology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks automotive engineering tech programs across the country. The following shows how WWU performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The automotive engineering tech major at WWU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Automotive Engineering Technology. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Automotive Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	11
Most Popular Automotive Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	11
Most Popular Automotive Engineering Technology Trade Schools	40
Most Focused Automotive Engineering Technology Trade Schools	45

Automotive Engineering Tech Student Demographics at WWU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the automotive engineering tech majors at Western Washington University.

WWU Automotive Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of automotive engineering tech bachelor's degrees went to men and 33% went to women.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in automotive engineering tech at WWU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 1% more racial-ethnic minorities in its automotive engineering tech bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Western Washington University with a bachelor's in automotive engineering tech.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

WWU also has a doctoral program available in automotive engineering tech. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Automotive Engineering Tech Grads May Go Into

A degree in automotive engineering tech can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for WA, the home state for Western Washington University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	13,420	$49,680

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Bobak Ha’Eri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.