Engineering at Oglethorpe University

40% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

Oglethorpe is located in Atlanta, Georgia and has a total student population of 1,452.

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

Oglethorpe Engineering Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

Oglethorpe Engineering Rankings

The engineering major at Oglethorpe 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 Oglethorpe

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

Oglethorpe Engineering Bachelor’s Program

40% Women

40% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 40% went to women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 26% women. So female students are more repesented at Oglethorpe since its program graduates 14% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% 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 Oglethorpe University with a bachelor's in engineering.

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

Concentrations Within Engineering

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Engineering	10
Engineering Physics	4

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 GA, the home state for Oglethorpe University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Software Applications Developers	30,440	$105,240
Systems Software Developers	12,910	$105,100
Civil Engineers	9,180	$81,110
Industrial Engineers	7,260	$86,220
Computer Network Architects	5,390	$114,240

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
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