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Engineering Technologies at Virginia State University

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Engineering Technologies at Virginia State University

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

Virginia State is located in Petersburg, Virginia and has a total student population of 4,020. Of the 626 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Virginia State University in 2021, 43 of them were engineering technologies majors.

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.

Virginia State Engineering Technologies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering Tech

Virginia State Engineering Technologies Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The engineering tech major at Virginia State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering Technologies. 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 Popular Engineering Technologies Graduate Certificate Schools 63
Most Focused Engineering Technologies Graduate Certificate Schools 63
Most Popular Engineering Technologies Schools 534

Engineering Tech Student Demographics at Virginia State

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

Virginia State Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Program

21% Women
74% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 43 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in engineering tech from Virginia State in 2021, 79% were men and 21% were women. The typical engineering tech bachelor's degree program is made up of only 16% women. So female students are more repesented at Virginia State since its program graduates 5% more women than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 41% more racial-ethnic minorities in its engineering tech bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 32
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 3
International Students 8
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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

Concentrations Within Engineering Technologies

If you plan to be a engineering tech major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Virginia State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Mechanical Engineering Technology 29
Electronics Engineering Technology 9
Industrial Production Technology 5

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 State University.

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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