Engineering at Tulane University of Louisiana

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

Tulane is located in New Orleans, Louisiana and approximately 13,927 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.

Tulane Engineering Degrees Available

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

Tulane Engineering Rankings

The engineering major at Tulane 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.

There were 13 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #159 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at Tulane

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

Tulane Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 58% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 42% went to women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 26% women. So female students are more repesented at Tulane since its program graduates 15% more women than average.

About 65% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering at Tulane 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 Tulane University of Louisiana with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	39
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Tulane Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 36% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 64% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	10
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 Tulane University of Louisiana. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Biomedical Engineering	63
Engineering Physics	28
Chemical Engineering	25
Materials Engineering	6

Related Majors

• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Physical Sciences
• Architecture & Related Services
• Mathematics & Statistics
• 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 LA, the home state for Tulane University of Louisiana.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA
Engineers	5,400	$90,580
Civil Engineers	3,000	$98,700
Cost Estimators	2,120	$67,650
Industrial Production Managers	1,970	$116,280
Mechanical Engineers	1,730	$101,810

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 bsulldiesel under License

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