Placement data

The College of Engineering uses a Direct to College admission model where a large cohort of first-year students is admitted to the college as Engineering Undeclared (ENGRUD) students. After completing the placement requirements, ENGRUD students request placement in an engineering major.

How does placement work?

Placement data by cohort

Below is a summary of each incoming cohort’s placement cycles and outcomes.

Summer 2026 placement cycle

952	ENGRUD students requested and were placed in engineering majors
886	ENGRUD students placed in their first or second choice major

Summer 2026 placement cycle: placements compared to 1st choice placement requests

Major	Placements	1st choice placements	1st choice requests
Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering	91	73	81
Bioengineering	86	86	95
Chemical Engineering	57	52	52
Civil Engineering	106	75	75
Electrical & Computer Engineering	239	237	281
Environmental Engineering	12	11	11
Human Centered Design & Engineering	33	23	23
Industrial Engineering	58	33	33
Materials Science & Engineering	59	29	29
Mechanical Engineering	211	211	272
Grand total	952	830	952

Summer 2025 placement cycle

936	ENGRUD students were placed in engineering majors
875	ENGRUD students placed in their first or second choice majors

Summer 2025 placement cycle: placements compared to 1st choice placement requests

Major	Placements	Number of 1st choice requests
Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering	87	81
Bioengineering	81	105
Chemical Engineering	69	63
Civil Engineering	101	74
Electrical & Computer Engineering	226	240
Environmental Engineering	19	14
Human Centered Design & Engineering	44	28
Industrial Engineering	50	41
Materials Science & Engineering	59	34
Mechanical Engineering	200	256
Grand total	936	936

Summer 2024 placement cycle

845	ENGRUD students were placed in engineering majors
801	ENGRUD students placed in their first or second choice majors

Summer 2024 placement cycle: placements compared to 1st choice placement requests

Major	Placements	Number of 1st choice requests
Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering	76	82
Bioengineering	71	85
Bioresource Science & Engineering	3	3
Chemical Engineering	50	36
Civil Engineering	85	62
Electrical & Computer Engineering	205	205
Environmental Engineering	20	16
Human Centered Design & Engineering	62	51
Industrial Engineering	50	34
Materials Science & Engineering	47	27
Mechanical Engineering	176	244
Grand total	845	845

Summer 2023 placement cycle

833	ENGRUD students were placed in engineering majors
792	ENGRUD students placed in their first or second choice majors

Summer 2023 placement cycle: placements compared to 1st choice placement requests

Major	Placements	Number of 1st choice requests
Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering	69	114
Bioengineering	78	90
Bioresource Science & Engineering	2	2
Chemical Engineering	49	41
Civil Engineering	66	55
Electrical & Computer Engineering	224	204
Environmental Engineering	19	13
Human Centered Design & Engineering	80	71
Industrial Engineering	30	23
Materials Science & Engineering	32	19
Mechanical Engineering	184	201
Grand total	833	833

Summer 2022 placement cycle

717	ENGRUD students were placed in engineering majors
692	ENGRUD students placed in their first or second choice majors

Summer 2022 placement cycle: placements compared to 1st choice placement requests

Major	Placements	Number of 1st choice requests
Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering	60	64
Bioengineering	56	89
Bioresource Science & Engineering	3	3
Chemical Engineering	51	37
Civil Engineering	51	42
Electrical Engineering/Electrical & Computer Engineering	188	161
Environmental Engineering	23	22
Human Centered Design & Engineering	60	73
Industrial Engineering	43	26
Materials Science & Engineering	30	17
Mechanical Engineering	152	186
Grand total	717	720