Engineering at Southwestern Michigan College

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

SMC is located in Dowagiac, Michigan and approximately 1,759 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.

SMC Engineering Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Engineering

SMC Engineering Rankings

Engineering Student Demographics at SMC

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

SMC Engineering Associate’s Program

50% Women

25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of engineering associate's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in engineering only graduates about 26% women each year. The program at SMC may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 24% more women than average.

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

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

Concentrations Within Engineering

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Engineering	5

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 MI, the home state for Southwestern Michigan College.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Mechanical Engineers	43,890	$91,100
Industrial Engineers	31,520	$89,330
Software Applications Developers	29,540	$92,260
Industrial Production Managers	13,110	$118,760
Architectural and Engineering Managers	10,460	$132,810

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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