Engineering Technologies at Mississippi Valley State University

What traits are you looking for in a engineering tech school? To help you decide if Mississippi Valley State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's engineering tech program.

Mississippi Valley State University is located in Itta Bena, Mississippi and approximately 2,032 students attend the school each year.

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

Mississippi Valley State University Engineering Technologies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering Tech

Mississippi Valley State University Engineering Technologies Rankings

The engineering tech major at Mississippi Valley State University is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering Technologies. 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 Tech Student Demographics at Mississippi Valley State University

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

Mississippi Valley State University Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 78% of engineering tech bachelor's degrees went to men and 22% went to women. The typical engineering tech bachelor's degree program is made up of only 17% women. So female students are more repesented at Mississippi Valley State University since its program graduates 5% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 64% more racial-ethnic minorities in its engineering tech bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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

Concentrations Within Engineering Technologies

If you plan to be a engineering tech 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 Mississippi Valley State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Industrial Production Technology	16

Related Majors

• Physical Sciences
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences

Careers That Engineering Tech Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering tech can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MS, the home state for Mississippi Valley State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MS	Average Salary in MS
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	5,770	$44,350
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	5,460	$38,640
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	5,080	$35,850
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	1,980	$40,890
Industrial Engineers	1,830	$82,040

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 Chillin662 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.