Engineering Technologies at Western Illinois University

What traits are you looking for in a engineering tech school? To help you decide if Western Illinois University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's engineering tech program.

WIU is located in Macomb, Illinois and approximately 7,490 students attend the school each year.

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

WIU Engineering Technologies Degrees Available

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

WIU Engineering Technologies Rankings

The engineering tech major at WIU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering Technologies. 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.

Engineering Tech Student Demographics at WIU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the engineering tech majors at Western Illinois University.

WIU Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 89% of engineering tech bachelor's degrees went to men and 11% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Western Illinois University with a bachelor's in engineering tech.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	9
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

WIU Engineering Technologies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 92% of engineering tech master's degrees went to men and 8% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	0
International Students	12
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Engineering Technologies

If you plan to be a engineering tech 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 Western Illinois University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Engineering Technology	20
Industrial Production Technology	5

Related Majors

• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Engineering
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Physical Sciences
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences

Careers That Engineering Tech Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering tech can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IL, the home state for Western Illinois University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Software Applications Developers	30,500	$96,610
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	28,600	$41,610
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	27,250	$46,300
Systems Software Developers	17,130	$108,570
Construction Managers	12,730	$95,020

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 IlliniGradResearch under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.