Engineering at Norfolk State University

What traits are you looking for in a engineering school? To help you decide if Norfolk State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's engineering program.

Norfolk State is located in Norfolk, Virginia and has a total student population of 5,457.

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

Norfolk State Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
• Master’s Degree in Engineering

Norfolk State Engineering Rankings

The engineering major at Norfolk State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Engineering Student Demographics at Norfolk State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the engineering majors at Norfolk State University.

Norfolk State Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 80% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 20% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 56% more racial-ethnic minorities in its engineering bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Norfolk State University with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Norfolk State Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 56% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 44% went to women.

In the engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 31% of degree recipients. That is 1% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Norfolk State University with a master's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Engineering

The following engineering concentations are available at Norfolk State University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Norfolk State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Electrical Engineering	27
Other Engineering	4

Related Majors

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

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 VA, the home state for Norfolk State University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Software Applications Developers	38,110	$113,690
Systems Software Developers	27,800	$119,860
Civil Engineers	10,610	$94,780
Computer Network Architects	9,700	$123,050
Cost Estimators	9,220	$74,160

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
• Image Credit: By Kevin Coles under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.