General Engineering at McNeese State University

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

McNeese is located in Lake Charles, Louisiana and has a total student population of 7,284. In 2021, 63 engineering majors received their bachelor's degree from McNeese.

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.

McNeese General Engineering Degrees Available

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

McNeese General Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the engineering progam at McNeese 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 engineering major at McNeese is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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 General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	10
Most Focused General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	12
Most Focused General Engineering Schools	27
Most Popular General Engineering Schools	32
Best General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	57
Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	78

In 2021, 7 students received their master’s degree in engineering from McNeese. This makes it the #62 most popular school for engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of McNeese Engineering Graduates

The median salary of engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at McNeese is $64,056. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 5% higher than the national average of $61,282 for all engineering bachelor's degree recipients.

Engineering Student Demographics at McNeese

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

McNeese General Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 63 students who earned a bachelor's degree in General Engineering from McNeese in 2020-2021, 83% were men and 17% were women.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering at McNeese 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 McNeese State University with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	40
International Students	16
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

McNeese General Engineering Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 engineering majors earned their master's degree from McNeese. Of these graduates, 57% were men and 43% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Mechanical 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 McNeese State 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 Gkarg under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.