2025 Best General Engineering Schools in Louisiana
3Colleges in Louisiana
135Engineering 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 2025 Best General Engineering Schools in Louisiana ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 135 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.
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 30 schools for overall quality in the state of Louisiana.
There were about 37 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at McNeese in the most recent data year.
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 large student population. This university ranks 11th out of 30 colleges for overall quality in the state of Louisiana.
There were roughly 34 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at Louisiana Tech in the most recent data year.
University of Louisiana at Lafayette is a good decision for students interested in a degree in general engineering. UL Lafayette is a large public university located in the city of Lafayette. A Best Colleges rank of #1297 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UL Lafayette is a great university overall.
There were about 40 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.
