Engineering at Catawba Valley Community College

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

CVCC is located in Hickory, North Carolina and approximately 4,328 students attend the school each year.

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

CVCC Engineering Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Engineering

CVCC Engineering Rankings

Engineering Student Demographics at CVCC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the engineering majors at Catawba Valley Community College.

CVCC Engineering Associate’s Program

50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of engineering associate's degrees went to men and 0% went to women.

CVCC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in engineering graduates 20% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Catawba Valley 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	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Engineering

Engineering majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Catawba Valley Community College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Engineering	13

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 Catawba Valley Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Software Applications Developers	30,580	$103,280
Industrial Engineers	9,160	$87,110
Civil Engineers	8,840	$86,270
Mechanical Engineers	8,000	$87,470
Systems Software Developers	7,070	$105,760

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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