General Engineering at Grand Valley State University

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

GVSU is located in Allendale, Michigan and approximately 23,350 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.

GVSU General Engineering Degrees Available

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

GVSU General Engineering Rankings

The engineering major at GVSU 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.

Engineering Student Demographics at GVSU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the engineering majors at Grand Valley State University.

GVSU General Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 100% went to women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% women. So female students are more repesented at GVSU since its program graduates 76% more women than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering at GVSU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Grand Valley State University with a bachelor's in engineering.

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

GVSU General Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 69% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 31% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Grand Valley State University with a master's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within General Engineering

General Engineering majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Grand Valley State University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Engineering	16

Related Majors

• Biomedical Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering

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 MI, the home state for Grand Valley State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Architectural and Engineering Managers	10,460	$132,810
Engineering Professors	1,640	$106,740

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 Demhem under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.