Engineering at LaGuardia Community College

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

LaGuardia is located in Long Island City, New York and approximately 16,971 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.

LaGuardia Engineering Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Engineering

LaGuardia Engineering Rankings

Engineering Student Demographics at LaGuardia

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

LaGuardia Engineering Associate’s Program

25% Women

73% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 75% of engineering associate's degrees went to men and 25% went to women.

LaGuardia does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in engineering graduates 43% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	19
White	6
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within 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 LaGuardia Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Civil Engineering	45
Mechanical Engineering	38
Electrical 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 NY, the home state for LaGuardia Community College.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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