Industrial Engineering at Louisiana Tech University

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

Louisiana Tech is located in Ruston, Louisiana and has a total student population of 11,126. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 students received a bachelor's degree in IE from Louisiana Tech.

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

Louisiana Tech Industrial Engineering Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in IE (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in IE

Louisiana Tech Industrial Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the IE progam at Louisiana Tech compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The IE major at Louisiana Tech is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Industrial 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 Industrial Engineering Basic Certificate Schools	2
Most Focused Industrial Engineering Basic Certificate Schools	5
	9
Best Value Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	19
Most Focused Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	68

How Much Do IE Graduates from Louisiana Tech Make?

The median salary of IE students who receive their bachelor's degree at Louisiana Tech is $63,686. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $66,838 for all IE students.

IE Student Demographics at Louisiana Tech

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

Louisiana Tech Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in IE from Louisiana Tech. About 67% were men and 33% were women. The typical IE bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% women. So female students are more repesented at Louisiana Tech since its program graduates 1% more women than average.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in IE 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 IE.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	10
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Louisiana Tech also has a doctoral program available in IE. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

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

Careers That IE Grads May Go Into

A degree in IE 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
Industrial Production Managers	1,970	$116,280
Industrial Engineers	1,640	$99,090
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.