General Engineering at Cornell College

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

Cornell College is located in Mount Vernon, Iowa and has a total student population of 1,002. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students received a bachelor's degree in engineering from Cornell College.

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.

Cornell College General Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

Cornell College General Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the engineering progam at Cornell College 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 Cornell College is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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 Popular General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	67
Most Focused General Engineering Schools	72
Most Popular General Engineering Schools	314

Engineering Student Demographics at Cornell College

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

Cornell College General Engineering Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students earned a bachelor's degree in engineering from Cornell College. About 38% of these graduates were women and the other 63% were men. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 23% women. So female students are more repesented at Cornell College since its program graduates 15% more women than average.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering at Cornell College are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% 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 Cornell College with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

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 IA, the home state for Cornell College.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Architectural and Engineering Managers	2,120	$119,230
Engineers	1,960	$78,230
Engineering Professors	570	$116,060

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 ArtisticAbode under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.