General Mechanical Engineering at Tacoma Community College

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

Tacoma Community College is located in Tacoma, Washington and has a total student population of 5,823.

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

Tacoma Community College General Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in General Mechanical Engineering

Tacoma Community College General Mechanical Engineering Rankings

General Mechanical Engineering Student Demographics at Tacoma Community College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the general mechanical engineering majors at Tacoma Community College.

Tacoma Community College General Mechanical Engineering Associate’s Program

19% Women

43% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 81% of general mechanical engineering associate's degrees went to men and 19% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in general mechanical engineering only graduates about 18% women each year. The program at Tacoma Community College may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 1% more women than average.

Tacoma Community College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in general mechanical engineering graduates 13% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Careers That General Mechanical Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in general mechanical 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 WA, the home state for Tacoma Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Mechanical Engineers	7,750	$96,860
Cost Estimators	5,470	$77,510
Architectural and Engineering Managers	4,290	$154,620
Engineering Professors	800	$101,880

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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