General Engineering at Cuesta College

Every general 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 Cuesta College stacks up to those at other schools.

Cuesta College is located in San Luis Obispo, California and approximately 10,093 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.

Cuesta College General Engineering Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Engineering

Cuesta College General Engineering Rankings

Engineering Student Demographics at Cuesta College

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

Cuesta College General Engineering Associate’s Program

14% Women

43% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 86% of engineering associate's degrees went to men and 14% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in engineering at Cuesta College are white. Around 57% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree. Cuesta College 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 Cuesta College with a associate's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within General Engineering

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Pre-Engineering	5

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 CA, the home state for Cuesta College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Architectural and Engineering Managers	31,580	$175,010
Engineers	20,600	$107,700
Engineering Professors	2,400	$129,790

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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