Operations Management at Western Washington University

What traits are you looking for in a maintenance management school? To help you decide if Western Washington University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's maintenance management program.

WWU is located in Bellingham, Washington and approximately 16,121 students attend the school each year. Of the 606 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Western Washington University in 2019, 51 of them were operations management majors.

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

WWU Operations Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Maintenance Management

WWU Operations Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the maintenance management progam at WWU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The maintenance management major at WWU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Operations Management. 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 Popular Operations Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	21
Most Popular Operations Management Schools	27
Most Focused Operations Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	34
Best Operations Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	49
Most Focused Operations Management Schools	56
Best Operations Management Schools	59

Maintenance Management Student Demographics at WWU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the maintenance management majors at Western Washington University.

WWU Operations Management Bachelor’s Program

In the 2018-2019 academic year, 51 students earned a bachelor's degree in maintenance management from WWU. About 25% of these graduates were women and the other 75% were men.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in maintenance management 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 6% more racial-ethnic minorities in its maintenance management 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 maintenance management.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	34
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

WWU also has a doctoral program available in maintenance management. In 2019, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• General Business Administration and Management

Careers That Maintenance Management Grads May Go Into

A degree in maintenance management 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
Production and Operating Worker Supervisors	14,920	$73,510
Computer and Information Systems Managers	13,690	$159,290
Mechanic, and Repairer Supervisors	12,860	$72,760
Construction Managers	8,560	$100,180
Logisticians	6,270	$90,240

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.