General Engineering Technology at Eastern Illinois University

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

EIU is located in Charleston, Illinois and has a total student population of 8,626.

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

EIU General Engineering Technology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering Tech

EIU General Engineering Technology Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The engineering tech major at EIU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Engineering Technology. 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
Best Value General Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	20
Best General Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	34
Best Value General Engineering Technology Schools	34
	36
Best General Engineering Technology Trade Schools	41
Most Focused General Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	44
Most Popular General Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	45
	50
Most Popular General Engineering Technology Trade Schools	117
Most Focused General Engineering Technology Trade Schools	128

Engineering Tech Student Demographics at EIU

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

EIU General Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 engineering tech majors earned their bachelor's degree from EIU. Of these graduates, 67% were men and 33% were women. The typical engineering tech bachelor's degree program is made up of only 15% women. So female students are more repesented at EIU since its program graduates 18% more women than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering tech at EIU 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 Eastern Illinois University with a bachelor's in engineering tech.

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

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

Concentrations Within General Engineering Technology

The following engineering tech concentations are available at Eastern Illinois University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Eastern Illinois University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Engineering Technology	6

Related Majors

• Industrial Production Technology

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 Nyttend under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.