Engineering at Saint Louis University

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

SLU is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and has a total student population of 12,229. Of the 1,833 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Saint Louis University in 2021, 154 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.

SLU Engineering Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at SLU

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

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

SLU Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the engineering progam at SLU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 SLU 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
	73
Most Focused Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	199
Most Focused Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	210
	250

In 2021, 39 students received their master’s degree in engineering from SLU. This makes it the #195 most popular school for engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #200 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at SLU

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

SLU Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 154 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in engineering from SLU in 2021, 63% were men and 37% were women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at SLU since its program graduates 12% more women than average.

About 72% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering at SLU 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 Louis University with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	13
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	111
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

SLU Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 39 students who graduated with a master’s in engineering from SLU in 2021, 82% were men and 18% were women.

Of the students who received a engineering master's degree from SLU, 64% 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 Saint Louis University with a master's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	25
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

SLU also has a doctoral program available in engineering. In 2021, 5 students 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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Saint Louis University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Biomedical Engineering	59
General Engineering	43
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	36
Mechanical Engineering	22
Civil Engineering	18
Computer Engineering	14
Operations Research	8
Electrical Engineering	6

Related Majors

• Architecture & Related Services
• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Physical Sciences
• Computer & Information 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 MO, the home state for Saint Louis University.

Occupation	Jobs in MO	Average Salary in MO
Software Applications Developers	15,380	$93,880
Systems Software Developers	6,440	$94,140
Industrial Engineers	5,680	$87,620
Civil Engineers	5,320	$86,710
Cost Estimators	4,630	$67,620

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 LouisianHTM under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.