Other Engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University

What traits are you looking for in a other engineering school? To help you decide if Virginia Commonwealth University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's other engineering program.

VCU is located in Richmond, Virginia and has a total student population of 29,070.

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

VCU Other Engineering Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Other Engineering
• Doctorate Degree in Other Engineering

Online Classes Are Available at VCU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

VCU does offer online education options in other engineering for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

VCU Other Engineering Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

There were 10 students who received their doctoral degrees in other engineering, making the school the #7 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Other Engineering Student Demographics at VCU

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

VCU Other Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 92% of other engineering master's degrees went to men and 8% went to women.

Of the students who received a other engineering master's degree from VCU, 75% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the other engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 25% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• General Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering

Careers That Other Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in other 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 VA, the home state for Virginia Commonwealth University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Engineers	4,190	$118,390
Architectural and Engineering Managers	4,030	$164,300

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 user:mentes under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.