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Engineering at United States Coast Guard Academy

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

USCGA is located in New London, Connecticut and approximately 1,056 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 124 engineering majors received their bachelor's degree from USCGA.

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

USCGA Engineering Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

USCGA Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the engineering progam at USCGA compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 USCGA 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 Focused Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools 10
Most Focused Engineering Schools 18
Most Popular Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools 241
Most Popular Engineering Schools 267

Engineering Student Demographics at USCGA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the engineering majors at United States Coast Guard Academy.

USCGA Engineering Bachelor’s Program

31% Women
35% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 124 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in engineering from USCGA. About 69% were men and 31% were women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at USCGA since its program graduates 6% more women than average.

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About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering at USCGA are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% more racial-ethnic minorities in its engineering bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from United States Coast Guard Academy with a bachelor's in engineering.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 9
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 15
White 79
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 18

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

Concentrations Within Engineering

If you plan to be a engineering major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at United States Coast Guard Academy. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Operations Research 43
Marine Engineering 22
Electrical Engineering 21
Civil Engineering 20
Mechanical Engineering 18

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 CT, the home state for United States Coast Guard Academy.

Occupation Jobs in CT Average Salary in CT
Software Applications Developers 11,540 $105,500
Industrial Engineers 5,840 $89,830
Mechanical Engineers 4,020 $94,270
Civil Engineers 3,630 $93,630
Architectural and Engineering Managers 3,570 $143,920

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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