General Engineering at Louisiana Tech University

If you plan to study general 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.

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

Louisiana Tech General Engineering Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Louisiana Tech

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Louisiana Tech offers distance education options for engineering at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Louisiana Tech General Engineering Rankings

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

There were 12 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #13 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at Louisiana Tech

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

Louisiana Tech General Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 88% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 13% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	9
International Students	14
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Civil Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Other Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• Electrical Engineering

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 LA, the home state for Louisiana Tech University.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA
Engineers	5,400	$90,580
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.