Mission, Facts, and Stats

We are a diverse community of innovators working to dramatically improve the quality of life in our state, our nation, and the world. We do it by leading in engineering discovery, innovation, education, and engagement.

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Student Demographics

Undergraduate enrollment:	4,085
Undergraduate degrees awarded 2011:	801
Graduate enrollment:	1,787
Graduate degrees awarded 2011:	518
Doctor of Philosophy degrees awarded 2011:	110

Diversity of Degree Recipients	BS	MS	PhD
Women	24%	28%	28%
Underrepresented Minorities*	6%	5%	3%
Asian Americans	28%	13%	9%
Foreign Nationals	8%	18%	42%
* African American, Hispanic, Native American, and Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

CoE provides rich data resources on student admissions, transfers, enrollment, majors, and degrees granted. For more information, see Student Data Reports.

Faculty

235 faculty: 29% minority, 21% women

Achievements:

11 members of the National Academy of Engineering
87 NSF Young Investigator/Early Career Awards since 1984
17 Sloan Foundation Research Awards
1 Technology Review 35 under 35 (TR35) award recipients in 2009, 3 in 2007
3 elected to Fellows in AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science) in 2007
2 MacArthur Foundation Fellows (2007 and 2011)

Financing Engineering

Financial Summary

The College of Engineering has varied revenue sources with grants & contracts making up 53 percent of total revenues for fiscal year 2011.
Tuition represents 22 percent of total revenues and state operating appropriations were 14 percent of total revenues.
Income from gifts totaled $11.8 million (5 percent) of total revenues.
Two primary functions of the University, instruction & research comprised 75 percent of the total operating expenses of the College of Engineering.
The College of Engineering provided over $9 million in scholarships and stipends to students. This represented 4 percent of operating expenditures.