Engineering at Parkland College

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

Parkland College is located in Champaign, Illinois and approximately 5,758 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.

Parkland College Engineering Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Engineering

Parkland College Engineering Rankings

Engineering Student Demographics at Parkland College

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

Parkland College Engineering Associate’s Program

22% Women

22% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 78% of engineering associate's degrees went to men and 22% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in engineering at Parkland College are white. Around 67% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Engineering

Engineering majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Parkland College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Engineering	29

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 IL, the home state for Parkland College.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Software Applications Developers	30,500	$96,610
Mechanical Engineers	17,320	$92,030
Systems Software Developers	17,130	$108,570
Civil Engineers	10,970	$94,570
Industrial Production Managers	10,620	$104,540

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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