Engineering at Birmingham Southern College

What traits are you looking for in a engineering school? To help you decide if Birmingham Southern College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's engineering program.

BSC is located in Birmingham, Alabama and has a total student population of 1,129. In 2021, 2 engineering majors received their bachelor's degree from BSC.

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

BSC Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

BSC Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the engineering progam at BSC 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 engineering major at BSC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering. 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 Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	506
Most Popular Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	578
Most Focused Engineering Schools	768
Most Popular Engineering Schools	970

Engineering Student Demographics at BSC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the engineering majors at Birmingham Southern College.

BSC Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 2 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Engineering from BSC in 2020-2021, 100% were men and 0% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 22% more racial-ethnic minorities in its engineering bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Birmingham Southern College with a bachelor's in engineering.

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

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

Concentrations Within Engineering

The following engineering concentations are available at Birmingham Southern College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Birmingham Southern College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Engineering	2

Related Majors

• Architecture & Related Services
• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Physical Sciences
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Computer & Information Sciences

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 AL, the home state for Birmingham Southern College.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Software Applications Developers	6,210	$96,400
Industrial Engineers	5,630	$87,870
Electrical Engineers	4,540	$97,310
Civil Engineers	4,370	$84,320
Systems Software Developers	4,360	$105,890

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 Jwrandolph under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.