Engineering Technologies at University of Louisiana at Lafayette

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

UL Lafayette is located in Lafayette, Louisiana and approximately 16,450 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.

UL Lafayette Engineering Technologies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering Tech

Online Classes Are Available at UL Lafayette

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UL Lafayette offers distance education options for engineering tech at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

UL Lafayette Engineering Technologies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks engineering tech programs across the country. The following shows how UL Lafayette performed in these rankings.

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 UL Lafayette 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	55
Most Focused Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	106
Best Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	145
Best Value Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	157
	166
Most Popular Engineering Technologies Trade Schools	206
Best Engineering Technologies Trade Schools	242
	284
Best Value Engineering Technologies Schools	293
Most Focused Engineering Technologies Trade Schools	714

Engineering Tech Student Demographics at UL Lafayette

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

UL Lafayette Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 94 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in engineering tech from UL Lafayette. About 90% were men and 10% were women.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering tech at UL Lafayette 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 University of Louisiana at Lafayette with a bachelor's in engineering tech.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	67
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

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

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 University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Industrial Production Technology	94

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 LA, the home state for University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	13,310	$52,810
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	8,260	$50,670
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	7,820	$39,880
Engineers	5,400	$90,580
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	4,380	$43,640

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 Billy Hathorn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.