General Engineering at Howard Community College

Every general engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the engineering program at Howard Community College stacks up to those at other schools.

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 General Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

HCC General Engineering Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Engineering

HCC General Engineering Rankings

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

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 General Engineering Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of engineering associate's degrees went to men and 33% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in engineering only graduates about 23% women each year. The program at HCC may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 11% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in engineering at HCC are white. Around 73% 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.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	11
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Computer Engineering
• Electrical 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 MD, the home state for Howard Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Architectural and Engineering Managers	5,010	$145,470
Engineers	4,530	$118,420
Engineering Professors	890	$117,160

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.