Biomedical Engineering at Louisiana Tech University

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

Louisiana Tech is located in Ruston, Louisiana and approximately 11,126 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 29 students received a bachelor's degree in bio engineering from Louisiana Tech.

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

Louisiana Tech Biomedical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Bio Engineering
• Doctorate Degree in Bio Engineering

Louisiana Tech Biomedical Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks bio engineering programs across the country. The following shows how Louisiana Tech performed in these rankings.

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 bio engineering major at Louisiana Tech is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Biomedical 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
Most Popular Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	87

Bio Engineering Student Demographics at Louisiana Tech

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the bio engineering majors at Louisiana Tech University.

Louisiana Tech Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 29 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in bio engineering from Louisiana Tech in 2021, 55% were men and 45% were women.

About 72% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in bio engineering at Louisiana Tech are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	21
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Louisiana Tech also has a doctoral program available in bio engineering. In 2021, 3 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Civil Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Other Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• General Engineering

Careers That Bio Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in bio 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 LA, the home state for Louisiana Tech University.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA
Architectural and Engineering Managers	1,300	$151,220
Engineering Professors	270	$95,220

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.