Engineering Technology 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 Technology section at the bottom of this page.

WIU Engineering Technology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering Technology

WIU Engineering Technology Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The engineering tech major at WIU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for 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 Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	7
Best Value Engineering Technology Schools	15
	16
Best Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	17
Best Engineering Technology Trade Schools	22
Most Focused Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	23
	24
Most Popular Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	29
Most Popular Engineering Technology Trade Schools	56
Most Focused Engineering Technology Trade Schools	66

Engineering Technology 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 Technology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 20 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Engineering Technology from WIU in 2020-2021, 90% were men and 10% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% more racial-ethnic minorities in its engineering tech bachelor's program than the national average.*

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	0
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	10
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

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.