Engineering at The City College of New York

What traits are you looking for in a engineering school? To help you decide if The City College of New York is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's engineering program.

CCNY is located in New York, New York and has a total student population of 15,227. Of the 2,660 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from The City College of New York in 2021, 443 of them were engineering majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

CCNY Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
• Master’s Degree in Engineering
• Doctorate Degree in Engineering

CCNY Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the engineering progam at CCNY 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 CCNY is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for 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 Focused Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	112
Most Focused Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools	113
	261

In 2021, 89 students received their master’s degree in engineering from CCNY. This makes it the #125 most popular school for engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 21 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #124 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at CCNY

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the engineering majors at The City College of New York.

CCNY Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 443 engineering students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from CCNY, about 71% were men and 29% were women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at CCNY since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 42% 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 The City College of New York with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	178
Black or African American	36
Hispanic or Latino	89
White	88
International Students	45
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

CCNY Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 89 students who earned a master's degree in Engineering from CCNY in 2020-2021, 64% were men and 36% were women.

In the engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 53% of degree recipients. That is 24% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The City College of New York with a master's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	22
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	11
International Students	31
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

CCNY also has a doctoral program available in engineering. In 2021, 21 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Engineering

The following engineering concentations are available at The City College of New York. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at The City College of New York. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Mechanical Engineering	161
Electrical Engineering	109
Chemical Engineering	70
Civil Engineering	65
Biomedical Engineering	62
Computer Engineering	50
Environmental Engineering	36

Related Majors

• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Physical Sciences
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Architecture & Related Services
• Computer & Information Sciences

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 NY, the home state for The City College of New York.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Software Applications Developers	52,640	$116,830
Systems Software Developers	19,690	$115,120
Civil Engineers	16,790	$102,250
Industrial Engineers	12,030	$94,700
Mechanical Engineers	11,280	$91,820

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 Elsie140 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.