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Engineering at Howard Community College

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

HCC is located in Columbia, Maryland and approximately 9,566 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.

HCC Engineering Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Engineering

HCC Engineering Rankings

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Engineering Student Demographics at HCC

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

HCC Engineering Associate’s Program

25% Women
10% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 75% of engineering associate's degrees went to men and 25% went to women.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in engineering at HCC are white. Around 70% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 14
International Students 4
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Engineering 15
Electrical Engineering 3
Computer Engineering 2

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 MD, the home state for Howard Community College.

Occupation Jobs in MD Average Salary in MD
Systems Software Developers 15,430 $119,860
Software Applications Developers 12,780 $108,850
Civil Engineers 8,080 $86,110
Mechanical Engineers 5,670 $109,960
Computer Network Architects 5,340 $121,720

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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