Engineering Technologies at Virginia Highlands Community College

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

VHCC is located in Abingdon, Virginia and has a total student population of 2,086.

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

VHCC Engineering Technologies Degrees Available

Basic Certificate in Engineering Tech (Less Than 1 Year)
Associate’s Degree in Engineering Tech

VHCC Engineering Technologies Rankings

Engineering Tech Student Demographics at VHCC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the engineering tech majors at Virginia Highlands Community College.

VHCC Engineering Technologies Associate’s Program

60% Women

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of engineering tech associate's degrees went to men and 60% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in engineering tech only graduates about 17% women each year. The program at VHCC may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 43% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in engineering tech at VHCC are white. Around 100% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Engineering Technologies

Engineering Technologies majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Virginia Highlands Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded

Careers That Engineering Tech Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering tech 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 Highlands Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Software Applications Developers	38,110	$113,690
Systems Software Developers	27,800	$119,860
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	19,650	$47,730
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	12,690	$50,210
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	9,930	$41,500

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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