Engineering at Marshall University

If you are interested in studying engineering, you may want to check out the program at Marshall University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Marshall University is located in Huntington, West Virginia and approximately 11,958 students attend the school each year.

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

Marshall University Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
• Master’s Degree in Engineering

Marshall University Engineering Rankings

The engineering major at Marshall University is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for 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.

Engineering Student Demographics at Marshall University

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

Marshall University Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 88% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 12% went to women.

About 92% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering at Marshall University 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 Marshall University with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	48
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Marshall University Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 80% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 20% went to women.

Of the students who received a engineering master's degree from Marshall University, 60% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	9
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Engineering

If you plan to be a engineering major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Marshall University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Engineering	31
Mechanical Engineering	30
Electrical Engineering	14
Biomedical Engineering	5
Civil Engineering	3

Related Majors

• Engineering Technologies
• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Physical Sciences
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences

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 WV, the home state for Marshall University.

Occupation	Jobs in WV	Average Salary in WV
Civil Engineers	1,510	$82,210
Software Applications Developers	1,110	$87,490
Industrial Production Managers	890	$108,490
Cost Estimators	890	$63,890
Industrial Engineers	590	$94,480

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 Beyond My Ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.