ETM vs. MBA – Technical management roles
- Average Salary Premium: +$18K/year
- Time to complete: 18 vs. 24 months
- Engineering focus: purpose-built
- GRE/GMAT: Not Required
A program that delivers practical knowledge and skills enabling innovative thinking, technical decision-making, and effective leadership for engineering and technical professionals.
Advance Your Career
Through Washington State University’s Engineering and Technology Management Program, you will:
- Apply systematic approaches to support decision-making and change management.
- Gain skills to manage evolving technology.
- Cultivate business and resource management, including human resources.
- Learn technical and leadership skills designed to meet today’s—and tomorrow’s—industry needs.
- Be part of the leading edge and become a leader in the management of engineering and technology.
Lectures are live and interactive
Delivered 1x/week—early evening
Each live session is recorded
The ETM program opens one’s eyes to a new way of thinking, critically analyzing problems beyond the technical challenges.”
Adham Barghouti, METM Distinguished Graduate 2025
Since the ETM students all had a variety of career goals and backgrounds, we all learned from each other, and the professors were able to adapt lectures and projects to benefit everyone’s interests.
Vixen Cope, METM Distinguished Graduate 2024
The ETM program has allowed me to compete with my peers from other organizations on a more level footing and allowed me to interact with people in other industries and with other experience despite having minimal exposure within the confines of our organization.”
-Michael Harrold-Panell, METM Distinguished Graduate 2022
Curriculum
Build your specialization. Stack towards your masters.
Choose from six graduate certificate tracks aligned with in-demand engineering and technology management roles. Each certificate is a standalone credential and every course counts towards your masters degree. Mix and match any combination of the 30 credit requirement.
Certificate
Three courses, nine credits.
Two Certificates
Six courses, 18 credits.
Masters Degree
Nine courses, capstone, 30 credits.
Constraints Management
Industrial Leadership
Project Management
Six-Sigma Quality Management
Supply Chain Management
Systems Engineering Management
Your path, your pace
Start with a single certificate to earn a credential and test the waters. Add a second to deepen your specialization. Continue to the Masters at any point. Every credit transfers. Many students start with one certificate and complete the full degree within three years.
Not sure which fits? Talk to an advisor.
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Questions about the program?
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