Engineering at Orange Coast College

If you are interested in studying engineering, you may want to check out the program at Orange Coast College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Orange Coast College is located in Costa Mesa, California and approximately 18,125 students attend the school each year.

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

Orange Coast College Engineering Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Engineering

Orange Coast College Engineering Rankings

Engineering Student Demographics at Orange Coast College

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

Orange Coast College Engineering Associate’s Program

9% Women

55% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 91% of engineering associate's degrees went to men and 9% went to women.

Orange Coast College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in engineering graduates 24% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Engineering

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Engineering	36

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 Orange Coast 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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