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Engineering at Western New England University

16% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

Western New England is located in Springfield, Massachusetts and approximately 3,673 students attend the school each year.

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

Western New England Engineering Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
Master’s Degree in Engineering

Online Classes Are Available at Western New England

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Western New England offers distance education options for engineering at the following degree levels:

Master’s Degree

Western New England Engineering Rankings

The engineering major at Western New England 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.

Engineering Student Demographics at Western New England

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the engineering majors at Western New England University.

Western New England Engineering Bachelor’s Program

31% Women

16% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 69% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 31% went to women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 26% women. So female students are more repesented at Western New England since its program graduates 5% more women than average.

About 74% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering at Western New England are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	52
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Western New England Engineering Master’s Program

7% Women

7% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 93% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 7% went to women.

Of the students who received a engineering master's degree from Western New England, 64% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	9
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Engineering

The following engineering concentations are available at Western New England University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Western New England University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Mechanical Engineering	57
Civil Engineering	26
Electrical Engineering	24
Biomedical Engineering	23
Robotics Engineering	22
Industrial Engineering	15
Computer Engineering	6

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 MA, the home state for Western New England University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Software Applications Developers	29,110	$109,130
Systems Software Developers	25,540	$117,760
Industrial Engineers	10,720	$102,210
Mechanical Engineers	9,130	$98,190
Architectural and Engineering Managers	8,190	$156,250

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
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