Engineering at Oregon Institute of Technology

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. Of the 719 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Oregon Institute of Technology in 2021, 151 of them were engineering majors.

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

Each year, College Factual ranks engineering programs across the country. The following shows how OIT performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Engineering Schools	66
Most Focused Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	93
	165
Best Value Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	215
Most Popular Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	222
Most Popular Engineering Schools	239

In 2021, 24 students received their master’s degree in engineering from OIT. This makes it the #237 most popular school for engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

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

Of the 151 engineering students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from OIT, about 91% were men and 9% were women.

About 64% 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	12
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	97
International Students	14
Other Races/Ethnicities	17

OIT Engineering Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 24 students graduated with a master's degree in engineering from OIT. About 71% were men and 29% were women.

Of the students who received a engineering master's degree from OIT, 71% 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 Oregon Institute of Technology with a master's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	17
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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

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

Related Majors

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

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
• Image Credit: By M.O. Stevens under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.