General Engineering at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College

If you plan to study general engineering, take a look at what Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

A-B Tech is located in Asheville, North Carolina and approximately 6,601 students attend the school each year.

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

A-B Tech General Engineering Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Engineering

A-B Tech General Engineering Rankings

Engineering Student Demographics at A-B Tech

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the engineering majors at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College.

A-B Tech General Engineering Associate’s Program

33% Women

17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of engineering associate's degrees went to men and 33% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in engineering only graduates about 24% women each year. The program at A-B Tech may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 9% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in engineering at A-B Tech are white. Around 83% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College with a associate's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within General Engineering

If you plan to be a engineering major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Pre-Engineering	9

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NC, the home state for Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Architectural and Engineering Managers	4,060	$140,980
Engineers	1,540	$83,900
Engineering Professors	1,400	$89,850

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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