Engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University

Every engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the engineering program at Virginia Commonwealth University stacks up to those at other schools.

VCU is located in Richmond, Virginia and has a total student population of 29,070. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 21 students received their master's degree in engineering.

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

VCU Engineering Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Engineering
• Doctorate Degree in Engineering

Online Classes Are Available at VCU

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

For those who are interested in distance learning, VCU does offer online courses in engineering for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

VCU Engineering Rankings

There were 23 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #117 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at VCU

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

VCU Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 86% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 14% went to women.

Of the students who received a engineering master's degree from VCU, 71% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 19% of degree recipients. That is 1% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	15
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Engineering

If you plan to be a engineering 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 Commonwealth University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Other Engineering	22
General Engineering	13
Biomedical Engineering	5
Chemical Engineering	4

Related Majors

• Communications Technologies & Support
• Engineering Technologies
• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Physical Sciences
• Mathematics & Statistics

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 VA, the home state for Virginia Commonwealth University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Software Applications Developers	38,110	$113,690
Systems Software Developers	27,800	$119,860
Civil Engineers	10,610	$94,780
Computer Network Architects	9,700	$123,050
Cost Estimators	9,220	$74,160

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
• Image Credit: By user:mentes under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.