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Engineering Technologies at Eastern Illinois University

Engineering Technologies at Eastern Illinois University

If you plan to study engineering technologies, take a look at what Eastern Illinois University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

EIU is located in Charleston, Illinois and has a total student population of 8,626.

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.

EIU Engineering Technologies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering Tech
  • Master’s Degree in Engineering Tech

EIU Engineering Technologies Rankings

The engineering tech major at EIU 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.

Engineering Tech Student Demographics at EIU

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

EIU Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Program

13% Women
38% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 88% of engineering tech bachelor's degrees went to men and 13% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% 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 Eastern Illinois University with a bachelor's in engineering tech.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 3
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

EIU Engineering Technologies Master’s Program

26% Women
1% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 74% of engineering tech master's degrees went to men and 26% went to women.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 6
International Students 345
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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 Eastern Illinois University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Industrial Production Technology 81
Engineering Technology (Other) 69
General Engineering Technology 6
Quality Control Technology 6
Computer Engineering Technology 3

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 IL, the home state for Eastern Illinois University.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Software Applications Developers 30,500 $96,610
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers 28,600 $41,610
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics 27,250 $46,300
Systems Software Developers 17,130 $108,570
Construction Managers 12,730 $95,020

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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