Mechanical Engineering at Louisiana Tech University

Every mechanical engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the ME 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. Of the 1,514 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Louisiana Tech University in 2021, 73 of them were mechanical engineering majors.

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

Louisiana Tech Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in ME

Louisiana Tech Mechanical Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the ME 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 ME major at Louisiana Tech is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Mechanical 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 Mechanical Engineering Schools	132
Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Schools	197

Earnings of Louisiana Tech ME Graduates

The median salary of ME students who receive their bachelor's degree at Louisiana Tech is $69,065. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 6% higher than the national average of $65,190 for all ME bachelor's degree recipients.

ME Student Demographics at Louisiana Tech

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

Louisiana Tech Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 95% of ME bachelor's degrees went to men and 5% went to women.

About 81% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ME 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 ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	59
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Louisiana Tech also has a doctoral program available in ME. 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 ME Grads May Go Into

A degree in ME 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
Cost Estimators	2,120	$67,650
Mechanical Engineers	1,730	$101,810
Architectural and Engineering Managers	1,300	$151,220
Engineering Professors	270	$95,220
Aerospace Engineers	70	$117,170

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.