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Engineering-Related Technologies at Southwestern Community College

Engineering-Related Technologies at Southwestern Community College

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

Southwestern Community College is located in Sylva, North Carolina and approximately 2,259 students attend the school each year. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 11 students received their associate's degree in engineering-related tech.

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

  • Associate’s Degree in Engineering-Related Tech

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

36% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 100% of engineering-related tech associate's degrees went to men and 0% went to women.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in engineering-related tech at Southwestern Community College are white. Around 64% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree. Southwestern Community College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in engineering-related tech graduates 15% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 7
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Engineering-Related 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 Southwestern Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Surveying Technology/Surveying 11

A degree in engineering-related 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 NC, the home state for Southwestern Community College.

Occupation Jobs in NC Average Salary in NC
Surveying and Mapping Technicians 3,360 $43,800
Surveyors 1,100 $70,460
Engineering Technicians 770 $63,600
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists 650 $56,530

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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