Engineering at Howard College

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

Howard County Junior College is located in Big Spring, Texas and has a total student population of 3,674.

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

Howard County Junior College Engineering Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Engineering

Howard County Junior College Engineering Rankings

Engineering Student Demographics at Howard County Junior College

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

Howard County Junior College Engineering Associate’s Program

17% Women

67% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 83% of engineering associate's degrees went to men and 17% went to women.

Howard County Junior College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in engineering graduates 36% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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

Concentrations Within Engineering

Engineering majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Howard College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Engineering	6

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 TX, the home state for Howard College.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Software Applications Developers	71,260	$108,760
Systems Software Developers	28,720	$110,740
Civil Engineers	24,460	$102,990
Mechanical Engineers	20,820	$105,570
Petroleum Engineers	19,260	$169,010

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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