Marine Engineering at University of New Orleans

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

UNO is located in New Orleans, Louisiana and approximately 8,375 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,162 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of New Orleans in 2021, 22 of them were marine engineering majors.

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

UNO Marine Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Marine Engineering

UNO Marine Engineering Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The marine engineering major at UNO is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Marine 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
	4
Most Popular Marine Engineering Schools	6
Most Popular Marine Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	6
Best Marine Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	7
Most Focused Marine Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	8
Best Marine Engineering Schools	9

Marine Engineering Student Demographics at UNO

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the marine engineering majors at University of New Orleans.

UNO Marine Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 22 marine engineering students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UNO, about 73% were men and 27% were women. The typical marine engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 14% women. So female students are more repesented at UNO since its program graduates 14% more women than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of New Orleans with a bachelor's in marine engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	10
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Ocean Engineering
• Engineering Science
• Civil Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering

Careers That Marine Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in marine 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 New Orleans.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA
Architectural and Engineering Managers	1,300	$151,220
Engineering Professors	270	$95,220
Marine Engineers and Naval Architects	220	$106,850

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 Infrogmation of New Orleans under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.