Engineering at City Colleges of Chicago - Harold Washington College

If you plan to study engineering, take a look at what City Colleges of Chicago - Harold Washington College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Harold Washington College is located in Chicago, Illinois and approximately 6,479 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.

Harold Washington College Engineering Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Engineering

Harold Washington College Engineering Rankings

Engineering Student Demographics at Harold Washington College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the engineering majors at City Colleges of Chicago - Harold Washington College.

Harold Washington College Engineering Associate’s Program

40% Women

80% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of engineering associate's degrees went to men and 40% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in engineering only graduates about 26% women each year. The program at Harold Washington College may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 14% more women than average.

Harold Washington College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in engineering graduates 50% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from City Colleges of Chicago - Harold Washington College with a associate's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within 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 City Colleges of Chicago - Harold Washington College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Engineering	3

Architecture & Related Services

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 IL, the home state for City Colleges of Chicago - Harold Washington College.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Software Applications Developers	30,500	$96,610
Mechanical Engineers	17,320	$92,030
Systems Software Developers	17,130	$108,570
Civil Engineers	10,970	$94,570
Industrial Production Managers	10,620	$104,540

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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