Engineering at Irvine Valley College

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

Irvine Valley College is located in Irvine, California and has a total student population of 12,199.

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

Irvine Valley College Engineering Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Engineering (Less Than 1 Year)
• Associate’s Degree in Engineering

Irvine Valley College Engineering Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Engineering Student Demographics at Irvine Valley College

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

Irvine Valley College Engineering Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of engineering associate's degrees went to men and 40% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in engineering only graduates about 25% women each year. The program at Irvine Valley College may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 15% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in engineering at Irvine Valley College are white. Around 60% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree. Irvine Valley College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in engineering graduates 12% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	0
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 Irvine Valley College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Engineering	5

Related Majors

• Engineering Technologies
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences
• Computer & Information Sciences
• Physical Sciences
• Mathematics & Statistics

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 CA, the home state for Irvine Valley College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Software Applications Developers	148,550	$127,950
Systems Software Developers	88,910	$131,700
Civil Engineers	45,060	$109,680
Architectural and Engineering Managers	31,580	$175,010
Electronics Engineers	29,210	$123,540

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.