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Placement data

The College of Engineering utilizes a Direct to College admission model where a large cohort of first-year students are admitted to the college as Engineering Undeclared (ENGRUD) students.

After completion of the placement requirements, ENGRUD students request placement in an engineering major. Below is a summary of each incoming cohort’s placement cycles and outcomes. Please note, starting with the Autumn 2020 incoming cohort and beyond, ENGRUD students have one placement cycle in summer at the end of their first year.

The fifth Direct to College cohort of 951 Engineering Undeclared (ENGRUD) students entered the UW in autumn 2022. The placement round for this cohort was in summer 2023.

For more information, see Placement requirements for ENGRUDs.

Summer 2023 placement cycle

833 ENGRUD students requested placement
833 ENGRUD students were placed in engineering majors
792 ENGRUD students placed in their first or second choice majors
21 ENGRUD students admitted to Computer Science or Computer Engineering through the Allen School competitive application process

Summer 2023 placement cycle: placements compared to 1st choice placement requests

Major Placements Number of 1st choice requests
Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering 69 114
Bioengineering 78 90
Bioresource Science & Engineering 2 2
Chemical Engineering 49 41
Civil Engineering 66 55
Electrical & Computer Engineering 224 204
Environmental Engineering 19 13
Human Centered Design & Engineering 80 71
Industrial Engineering 30 23
Materials Science & Engineering 32 19
Mechanical Engineering 184 201
Grand total 833 833

The fourth Direct to College cohort of 827 Engineering Undeclared (ENGRUD) students entered the UW in autumn 2021. The placement round for this cohort was in summer 2022.

Summer 2022 placement cycle

720 ENGRUD students requested placement
717 ENGRUD students were placed in engineering majors
692 ENGRUD students placed in their first or second choice majors
7 ENGRUD students admitted to Computer Science or Computer Engineering through the Allen School competitive application process

Summer 2022 placement cycle: placements compared to 1st choice placement requests

Major Placements Number of 1st choice requests
Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering 60 64
Bioengineering 56 89
Bioresource Science & Engineering 3 3
Chemical Engineering 51 37
Civil Engineering 51 42
Electrical Engineering/Electrical & Computer Engineering 188 161
Environmental Engineering 23 22
Human Centered Design & Engineering 60 73
Industrial Engineering 43 26
Materials Science & Engineering 30 17
Mechanical Engineering 152 186
Grand total 717 720

The third Direct to College cohort of 785 Engineering Undeclared (ENGRUD) students entered the UW in autumn 2020. The placement round for this cohort was in summer 2021.

For more information, see Placement requirements for ENGRUDs entering Fall 2020.

Summer 2021 placement cycle

703 ENGRUD students requested placement
703 ENGRUD students were placed in engineering majors
672 ENGRUD students placed in their first or second choice majors
31 ENGRUD students admitted to the Computer Science major through the Allen School competitive application process

Summer 2021 placement cycle: placements compared to 1st choice placement requests

Major Placements Number of 1st choice requests
Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering 57 66
Bioengineering 59 82
Bioresource Science & Engineering 2 1
Chemical Engineering 33 23
Civil Engineering 41 37
Computer Engineering 50 130
Electrical Engineering 192 111
Environmental Engineering 27 16
Human Centered Design & Engineering 61 49
Industrial Engineering 19 10
Materials Science & Engineering 31 19
Mechanical Engineering 131 159
Grand total 703 703

The second Direct to College cohort of 785 Engineering Undeclared (ENGRUD) students entered the UW in autumn 2019. Students with an extensive amount of completed college credit had an opportunity to request placement in winter 2020 (P0). The primary placement cycles for this cohort were: summer 2020 (P1), winter 2021 (P2), and the final placement cycle in summer 2021 (P3).

P3 Summer 2021 placement cycle

13 ENGRUD students requested placement
11 ENGRUD students were placed in engineering majors
8 ENGRUD students placed in their first or second choice majors
0 ENGRUD students admitted to the Computer Science major through the Allen School competitive application process

P3 Summer 2021 placement cycle: placements compared to 1st choice placement requests

Major Placements Number of 1st choice requests
Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering 2 2
Bioengineering 0 0
Bioresource Science & Engineering 0 0
Chemical Engineering 1 1
Civil Engineering 0 0
Computer Engineering 0 2
Electrical Engineering 3 0
Environmental Engineering 0 0
Human Centered Design & Engineering 0 5
Industrial Engineering 3 2
Materials Science & Engineering 0 0
Mechanical Engineering 2 1
Grand total 11 13

P2 Winter 2021 placement cycle

284 ENGRUD students requested placement
273 ENGRUD students were placed in engineering majors
236 ENGRUD students placed in their first or second choice majors
1 ENGRUD students admitted to the Computer Science major through the Allen School competitive application process

P2 Winter 2021 placement cycle: placements compared to 1st choice placement requests

Major Placements Number of 1st choice requests
Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering 19 28
Bioengineering 16 37
Bioresource Science & Engineering 1 1
Chemical Engineering 13 4
Civil Engineering 31 15
Computer Engineering 10 47
Electrical Engineering 74 34
Environmental Engineering 7 3
Human Centered Design & Engineering 19 30
Industrial Engineering 23 6
Materials Science & Engineering 12 3
Mechanical Engineering 48 76
Grand total 273 284

P1 Summer 2020 placement cycle

537 ENGRUD students requested placement
373 ENGRUD students were placed in engineering majors
367 ENGRUD students placed in their first or second choice majors
26 ENGRUD students admitted to the Computer Science major through the Allen School competitive application process

P1 Summer 2020 placement cycle: placements compared to 1st choice placement requests

Major Placements Number of 1st choice requests
Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering 28 54
Bioengineering 34 72
Chemical Engineering 21 20
Civil Engineering 33 23
Computer Engineering 40 112
Electrical Engineering 64 40
Environmental Engineering 7 6
Human Centered Design & Engineering 34 46
Industrial Engineering 26 22
Materials Science & Engineering 15 14
Mechanical Engineering 71 128
Grand total 373 537

P0 Winter 2020 placement cycle

28 ENGRUD students requested placement
22 ENGRUD students were placed in engineering majors
22 ENGRUD students placed in their first or second choice majors
0 ENGRUD students admitted to the Computer Science major through the Allen School competitive application process

P0 Winter 2020 placement cycle: placements compared to 1st choice placement requests

Major Placements Number of 1st choice requests
Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering 5 5
Bioengineering 3 3
Chemical Engineering 2 2
Civil Engineering 3 3
Computer Engineering 1 7
Electrical Engineering 3 3
Environmental Engineering 0 0
Human Centered Design & Engineering 1 1
Industrial Engineering 0 0
Materials Science & Engineering 2 2
Mechanical Engineering 2 2
Grand total 22 28

The first Direct to College cohort of 905 Engineering Undeclared (ENGRUD) students entered the UW in autumn 2018. The placement cycles for this cohort were: summer 2019 (P1), winter 2020 (P2), and the final placement cycle in summer 2020 (P3). Here are the results of those cycles.

P3 Summer 2020 placement cycle

The P3 placement cycle is designed for students who may need more time to progress through the engineering coursework. Therefore, students who are placed at P3 are generally on a 5-year graduation timeline.

26 ENGRUD students requested placement
25 ENGRUD students were placed in engineering majors
25 ENGRUD students placed in their first or second choice majors
1 ENGRUD students admitted to the Computer Science major through the Allen School competitive application process

P3 Summer 2020 placement cycle: placements compared to 1st choice placement requests

Major Placements Number of 1st choice requests
Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering 0 0
Bioengineering 1 1
Chemical Engineering 0 0
Civil Engineering 3 3
Computer Engineering 0 5
Electrical Engineering 8 5
Environmental Engineering 0 0
Human Centered Design & Engineering 8 7
Industrial Engineering 3 3
Materials Science & Engineering 0 0
Mechanical Engineering 2 2
Grand total 25 26

P2 Winter 2020 placement cycle

326 ENGRUD students requested placement
308 ENGRUD students were placed in engineering majors
279 ENGRUD students placed in their first or second choice majors
8 ENGRUD students admitted to the Computer Science major through the Allen School competitive application process

P2 Winter 2020 placement cycle: placements compared to 1st choice placement requests

Major Placements Number of 1st choice requests
Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering 18 17
Bioengineering 14 24
Chemical Engineering 13 10
Civil Engineering 42 20
Computer Engineering 11 64
Electrical Engineering 94 77
Environmental Engineering 10 3
Human Centered Design & Engineering 20 19
Industrial Engineering 24 20
Materials Science & Engineering 17 9
Mechanical Engineering 45 63
Grand total 308 326

P1 Summer 2019 placement cycle

592 ENGRUD students requested placement
416 ENGRUD students were placed in engineering majors
405 ENGRUD students placed in their first or second choice majors
21 ENGRUD students admitted to the Computer Science major through the Allen School competitive application process

P1 Summer 2019 placement cycle: placements compared to 1st choice placement requests

Major Placements Number of 1st choice requests
Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering 30 49
Bioengineering 39 69
Chemical Engineering 30 28
Civil Engineering 28 22
Computer Engineering 41 154
Electrical Engineering 92 73
Environmental Engineering 9 7
Human Centered Design & Engineering 29 30
Industrial Engineering 20 15
Materials Science & Engineering 19 16
Mechanical Engineering 79 129
Grand total 416 592