2024 Best General Engineering Schools in Louisiana
3Colleges in Louisiana
168Engineering Degrees Awarded
If you pursue a degree in general engineering, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #96 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best General Engineering Schools in Louisiana ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 168 degrees in general engineering to qualified students.
Your choice of general engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall General Engineering School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best General Engineering Schools in Louisiana list to help you make the college decision.
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The schools below may not offer all types of engineering degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Louisiana Tech University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in general engineering. Located in the distant town of Ruston, Louisiana Tech is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #1151 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Louisiana Tech is a great university overall.
There were roughly 36 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at Louisiana Tech in the most recent data year.
McNeese State University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in general engineering. Located in the small city of Lake Charles, McNeese is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 12th out of 29 colleges for overall quality in the state of Louisiana.
There were about 70 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at McNeese in the most recent data year.
University of Louisiana at Lafayette is a good decision for students pursuing a degree in general engineering. UL Lafayette is a large public university located in the medium-sized city of Lafayette. This university ranks 9th out of 29 schools for overall quality in the state of Louisiana.
There were approximately 25 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at UL Lafayette in the most recent data year.
One of 2 majors within the General Engineering area of study, General Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.
Notes and References
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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Your choice of general engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall General Engineering School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
