Engineering at Saint Francis University

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

Saint Francis is located in Loretto, Pennsylvania and approximately 2,769 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 students received a bachelor's degree in engineering from Saint Francis.

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

Saint Francis Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

Saint Francis Engineering Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The engineering major at Saint Francis 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 Popular Engineering Associate Degree Schools	421
Most Focused Engineering Associate Degree Schools	421
Most Popular Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	445

Engineering Student Demographics at Saint Francis

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

Saint Francis Engineering Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 students earned a bachelor's degree in engineering from Saint Francis. About 27% of these graduates were women and the other 73% were men. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at Saint Francis since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

About 87% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering at Saint Francis 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 Saint Francis University with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	13
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

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 Saint Francis University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Environmental Engineering	6
Petroleum Engineering	6
General Engineering	2
Mechanical Engineering	1

Related Majors

• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Agriculture & Agriculture Operations
• Physical Sciences
• Computer & Information 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 PA, the home state for Saint Francis University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Software Applications Developers	28,260	$96,370
Mechanical Engineers	16,590	$85,740
Civil Engineers	12,530	$88,740
Industrial Engineers	9,280	$86,080
Electrical Engineers	8,870	$94,870

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 Brendanriley under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.