• The Engineering Technology program is accredited by the Technology Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (TAC/ABET).

• Engineering technology student placement rate is over 95 percent, with our graduates securing great positions. The average starting salary of last year’s graduates was above $38,800.

• If your interest is in process engineering or technical management areas such as process design and control, digital and electronic control, plastics, robotics and automation, materials testing, computer integrated manufacturing, energy management, and modeling and rapid prototyping, career opportunities are plentiful.

• The Department of Industrial and Engineering Technology is housed in the School of Polytechnic Studies, which is recognized as a Missouri Center of Excellence in Advanced Manufacturing Technology. The School provides high-tech education and specialized training to meet the needs of the region.

•  All Electrical and Control students take the cerfified control systems technician (CCST) test offered by the Instrumentation, Systems, and Automation Society (ISA) to document and prove to potential employers their technical expertise in the discipline.

• All manufacturing students take the nationally-recognized Certified Manufacturing Technology (CMfgT) certification exam to document and prove to potential employers their technical expertise in the manufacturing technology discipline. The pass rate for Southeast students for this exam over the last three years has been over 80%. The national pass rate is 50%.

• The School of Polytechnic Studies is housed in the Otto and Della Seabaugh Polytechnic Building, a state-of-the art facility which has the finest classrooms, laboratories and equipment in an ergonomic setting designed to promote student learning.

• Engineering Technology students have great opportunities to apply their knowledge in real-world environments while attending Southeast. All engineering technology students take a research course during their senior year.  Students go out to industries in teams to help solve problems or improve processes. Many students receive job offers based on what the employers observed when the students are conducting their research projects.

• Internship opportunities in the Department of Industrial and Engineering Technology are plentiful. Internships provide students with real-world work experiences related to their majors and increased marketability.

• The Department of Industrial and Engineering Technology’s Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) student chapter has received international and national distinction. The Southeast student SME chapter has been named one of the nation’s top student chapters for two consecutive years, placing it among the top 5 percent of SME student chapters worldwide.

• Most faculty in the Department of Industrial and Engineering Technology have doctoral degrees and significant related industrial experience.

• As a Southeast student, you will receive personal attention.  The student-faculty ratio at Southeast is 17 to 1.

• The faculty and staff in the Department of Industrial and Engineering Technology are devoted to your success in the program.  This dedication is manifested in the vast amounts of time directed to advising and guiding students, both in and out of the classroom.

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