General Engineering at College of Southern Maryland

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

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 General Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

CSM General Engineering Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Engineering

CSM General 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 General Engineering Associate’s Program

28% Women

44% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 72% of engineering associate's degrees went to men and 28% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in engineering only graduates about 24% women each year. The program at CSM may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 4% more women than average.

CSM does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in engineering graduates 14% 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	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 College of Southern Maryland. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Engineering	29

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
Architectural and Engineering Managers	5,010	$145,470
Engineers	4,530	$118,420
Engineering Professors	890	$117,160

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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