General Engineering at Western Illinois University

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

WIU is located in Macomb, Illinois and approximately 7,490 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,560 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Western Illinois University in 2021, 10 of them were general engineering majors.

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

WIU General Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

WIU General Engineering Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The engineering major at WIU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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
Most Focused General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	86
Most Popular General Engineering Schools	275

Engineering Student Demographics at WIU

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

WIU General Engineering Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 engineering majors earned their bachelor's degree from WIU. Of these graduates, 70% were men and 30% were women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 23% women. So female students are more repesented at WIU since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering at WIU 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 Western Illinois University with a bachelor's in engineering.

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

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

Related Majors

• Civil Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering

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 IL, the home state for Western Illinois University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Architectural and Engineering Managers	9,760	$136,270
Engineers	4,000	$87,220
Engineering Professors	1,330	$114,010

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.