Engineering at College of Southern Maryland

Every engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the engineering program at College of Southern Maryland stacks up to those at other schools.

CSM is located in La Plata, Maryland and approximately 6,164 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.

CSM Engineering Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Engineering

CSM Engineering Rankings

Engineering Student Demographics at CSM

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

CSM Engineering Associate’s Program

27% Women

42% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 73% of engineering associate's degrees went to men and 27% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in engineering only graduates about 26% women each year. The program at CSM may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 1% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in engineering at CSM are white. Around 55% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree. CSM does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in engineering graduates 12% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	18
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Engineering

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Engineering	29
Electrical Engineering	13
Computer Engineering	1

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 MD, the home state for College of Southern Maryland.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Systems Software Developers	15,430	$119,860
Software Applications Developers	12,780	$108,850
Civil Engineers	8,080	$86,110
Mechanical Engineers	5,670	$109,960
Computer Network Architects	5,340	$121,720

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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