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.
Student Demographics
| Undergraduate enrollment: | 4,070 |
| Undergraduate degrees awarded 2008: | 711 |
| Graduate enrollment: | 1,471 |
| Graduate degrees awarded 2008: | 332 |
| Doctor of Philosophy degrees awarded 2008: | 108 |
| Diversity of Degree Recipients | BS | MS | PhD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women | 18.7% | 24.1% | 26.9% |
| Underrepresented Minorities* | 7.5% | 3.9% | 3.7% |
| Asian Americans | 30.1% | 13.0% | 6.5% |
| Foreign Nationals | 8.4% | 20.5% | 48.1% |
| * African American, Hispanic, Native American, and Hawaiian/Pacific Islander |
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CoE provides rich data resources on student admissions, transfers, enrollment, majors, and degrees granted. For more information, see Student Data Reports.
Faculty Data
| Total number: | 237 |
| Minority: | 25.7% |
| Women: | 17.7% |
Achievements:
- 10 members of the National Academy of Engineering
- 86 NSF Young Investigator/Early Career Awards since 1984
- 15 Sloan Foundation Research Awards
- 3 Technology Review 35 under 35 (TR35) award recipients in 2007
- 3 elected to Fellows in AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science) in 2007
- 1 MacArthur Foundation Fellow in 2007
See also Faculty Honors.
Financing Engineering
Financial Summary
- Grants & contracts make up 44% or $89.7 million of total revenues for fiscal year 2007.
- Tuition represents 18% of total revenues at $37.5 million and state operating appropriations were $33.8 million or 16% of total revenues.
- Income from gifts totaled $15.1 million (7%) of total revenues.
- Instruction & research comprised 72% of the total CoE operating expenses.
- CoE provided over $7 million in scholarships and stipends to students (4% of operating expenditures).
