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Engineering at Oregon Institute of Technology

22% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you plan to study engineering, take a look at what Oregon Institute of Technology has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

OIT is located in Klamath Falls, Oregon and approximately 5,323 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.

OIT Engineering Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at OIT

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

OIT does offer online education options in engineering for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

Master’s Degree

OIT Engineering Rankings

The engineering major at OIT 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 OIT

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the engineering majors at Oregon Institute of Technology.

OIT Engineering Bachelor’s Program

11% Women

22% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 89% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 11% went to women.

About 72% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering at OIT 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 Oregon Institute of Technology with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	76
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

OIT Engineering Master’s Program

29% Women

36% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 71% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 29% went to women.

Of the students who received a engineering master's degree from OIT, 57% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 36% of degree recipients. That is 6% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	8
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Engineering

Engineering majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Oregon Institute of Technology. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Mechanical Engineering	68
Electrical Engineering	36
Civil Engineering	30
Energy Systems Engineering	23
General Engineering	13
Other Engineering	5

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 OR, the home state for Oregon Institute of Technology.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
Software Applications Developers	15,610	$101,940
Electronics Engineers	5,480	$94,520
Mechanical Engineers	4,090	$85,890
Civil Engineers	4,080	$88,270
Industrial Engineers	3,970	$90,980

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
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