Electrical Engineering at Lamar University

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

Lamar University is located in Beaumont, Texas and approximately 16,637 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,890 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Lamar University in 2021, 26 of them were electrical engineering majors.

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

Lamar University Electrical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in EE

Lamar University Electrical Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the EE progam at Lamar University compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The EE major at Lamar University is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Electrical 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	28
Most Focused Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	284

Earnings of Lamar University EE Graduates

The median salary of EE students who receive their bachelor's degree at Lamar University is $82,521. This is 19% higher than $69,521, which is the national average for all EE bachelor's degree recipients.

EE Student Demographics at Lamar University

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the EE majors at Lamar University.

Lamar University Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 26 students earned a bachelor's degree in EE from Lamar University. About 8% of these graduates were women and the other 92% were men.

About 65% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in EE at Lamar University are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% more racial-ethnic minorities in its EE bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	17
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Lamar University also has a doctoral program available in EE. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Environmental Engineering
• Construction Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Industrial Engineering
• General Engineering

Careers That EE Grads May Go Into

A degree in EE can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TX, the home state for Lamar University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Electrical Engineers	14,680	$106,260
Electronics Engineers	13,000	$119,260
Architectural and Engineering Managers	12,920	$167,280
Engineers	10,710	$113,370
Aerospace Engineers	6,770	$122,570

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 Billy Hathorn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.