Engineering at University of Louisiana at Lafayette

If you are interested in studying engineering, you may want to check out the program at University of Louisiana at Lafayette. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UL Lafayette is located in Lafayette, Louisiana and has a total student population of 16,450.

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

UL Lafayette Engineering Degrees Available

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

UL Lafayette Engineering Rankings

The engineering major at UL Lafayette 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 10 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #173 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at UL Lafayette

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

UL Lafayette Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 79% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 21% went to women.

About 72% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering at UL Lafayette 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 University of Louisiana at Lafayette with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	18
Hispanic or Latino	18
White	150
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

UL Lafayette Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 75% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 25% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	15
International Students	16
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 University of Louisiana at Lafayette. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Mechanical Engineering	120
Chemical Engineering	44
Petroleum Engineering	30
Electrical Engineering	28
Civil Engineering	27
General Engineering	25
Systems Engineering	7
Computer Engineering	3

Related Majors

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

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 Billy Hathorn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.