Engineering at Rockhurst University

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

Rockhurst is located in Kansas City, Missouri and has a total student population of 3,688. Of the 657 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Rockhurst University in 2021, 7 of them were engineering majors.

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

Rockhurst Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

Rockhurst Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks engineering programs across the country. The following shows how Rockhurst performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The engineering major at Rockhurst 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Engineering Schools	768
Most Focused Engineering Schools	816

Engineering Student Demographics at Rockhurst

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

Rockhurst Engineering Bachelor’s Program

The engineering program at Rockhurst awarded 7 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 86% of these degrees went to men with the other 14% going to women.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering at Rockhurst are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Rockhurst also has a doctoral program available in engineering. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Engineering

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Civil Engineering	4
Electrical Engineering	2
Mechanical Engineering	1

Related Majors

• Computer & Information Sciences
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Physical Sciences
• 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 MO, the home state for Rockhurst University.

Occupation	Jobs in MO	Average Salary in MO
Software Applications Developers	15,380	$93,880
Systems Software Developers	6,440	$94,140
Industrial Engineers	5,680	$87,620
Civil Engineers	5,320	$86,710
Cost Estimators	4,630	$67,620

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 JZSJ under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.