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

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

30% Women

40% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 70% of engineering associate's degrees went to men and 30% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in engineering only graduates about 24% women each year. The program at HCC may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 6% more women than average.

HCC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in engineering graduates 9% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within General Engineering

The following engineering concentations are available at Howard Community College. 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

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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