General Engineering

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Median In-State​
Public Tuition
$7,704
growing 2.88%
Median Out-of-State​
Private Tuition
$40,495
growing 4.23%

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In 2022, the locations with the highest concentration of General Engineering degree recipients are Boston, MA, Wakefield, VA, and Norfolk, VA. The most common degree awarded to students studying General Engineering is a associates degree.

Institutions

Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in General Engineering and the types of students that study this field. false awards the most degrees in General Engineering in the US, but Franklin W Olin College of Engineering (441982) and Harvey Mudd College have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in General Engineering.

Tuition costs for General Engineering majors are, on average, $7,704 for in-state public colleges, and $40,495 for out of state private colleges.

The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers General Engineering programs are Public, 4-year or above institutions (193 total). false

Tuition Costs for Common Institutions

$7,704
Median In-State Public
$40,495
Median Out of State Private

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Specialized Colleges

Out of all institutions that offer General Engineering programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Franklin W Olin College of Engineering (441982) has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in General Engineering, with 52.8%.

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Degrees Awarded by County

Counties with the Most Degrees Awarded in General Engineering
  1. 286 degrees awarded
  2. 238 degrees awarded
  3. 216 degrees awarded

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Growth in Awarded Degrees

Counties with the Fastest Growing Number of Degrees Awarded
  1. 500%
  2. 374%
  3. 333%

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Diversity

Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Engineering in the United States.

The most common degree type these workers hold is a Associates Degree. Male employees are more likely to hold Engineering degrees.

Degrees Awarded

The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in General Engineering are Associates Degree, Masters Degree, and Bachelors Degree.

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Workforce Degrees

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course General Engineering is from the 2 Digit Course Engineering.

The most common degree types held by the working population in Engineering are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Doctorate degree.

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Sex Imbalance for Common Institutions

Male (75.4%)
Most Common Sex with a Degree in this Field

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Race & Ethnicity by Sex

Most Common Race/Ethnicity and Sex Combination
  1. White Male
    1,086 degrees awarded
  2. Hispanic or Latino Male
    421 degrees awarded
  3. White Female
    194 degrees awarded

This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Associates Degree recipients in General Engineering.

White Male students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.

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Global Diversity

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course General Engineering is from the 2 Digit Course Engineering.
Most Common Countries of Origin
  1. India
    492,137 degree recipients
  2. China
    153,488 degree recipients
  3. Mexico
    93,296 degree recipients
High Relative Number of Students
  1. India
    4.18 times more than expected
  2. Libya
    3.47 times more than expected
  3. Iran
    3.19 times more than expected

There are a relatively high number of people that were born in India that hold Engineering degrees (4.18 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is India (492,137 degree recipients).

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Skills

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the General Engineering field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. General Engineering majors need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that General Engineering majors need more than the average amount of Equipment Selection, Technology Design, and Repairing.

These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for General Engineering majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Equipment Selection is very distinctive for majors, but the Reading Comprehension, Critical Thinking, and Writing are the three most important skills for people in the field.

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