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2021-22 Rankings and Data
By Editorial Staff
National Rankings
Undergraduate program 30th among public universities1
Graduate program 37th among public universities1
Graduate Online Program 17th among all engineering colleges1
39th in bachelor's degrees awarded among public universities2
25th in civil engineering degrees awarded among public universities2
23rd in undergraduate enrollment among all engineering colleges2
1 U.S. News & World Report | 2 American Society for Engineering Education
2021 Enrollment Snapshot
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Engineering |
University |
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Undergraduate |
5,153 |
24,931 |
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Graduate |
1,159 |
6,514 |
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Total |
6,329 |
31,526 |
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21.9 percent female |
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12.8 percent underrepresented |
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2021 Enrollment and Graduates
| Program | Fall 2021 Enrollment | ||
| Bachelors | Masters | PhD | |
| Aerospace Engineering | 539 | 24 | 27 |
| Biosystems Engineering | 186 | 15 | 12 |
| Chemical Engineering | 479 | 16 | 81 |
| Civil & Environmental Engineering | 549 | 64 | 62 |
| Computer Science & Software Engineering | 1194 | 78 | 129 |
| Cybersecurity | 20 | ||
| Data | 12 | ||
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | 531 | 39 | 77 |
| Master of Engineering | 24 | ||
| Engineering Management | 117 | ||
| Industrial & Systems Engineering | 393 | 60 | 81 |
| Materials Engineering | 33 | 10 | 36 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 1,177 | 55 | 94 |
| Polymer & Fiber Engineering | 2 | 4 | |
| Wireless Engineering | 14 | ||
| Pre-Engineering | 105 | ||
Faculty Snapshot
- 190 tenured/tenure track faculty
- 47 non-tenure track teaching/research faculty
- 15 postdoctoral researchers/fellows
Research Expenditures
$78.2 million
Research Award Highlights in 2021
$1,500,000
Federal Aviation Administration
"Surface Integrity of Additively Manufactured Ti-6al-4v Parts"
Nima Shamsaei, mechanical engineering
$1,000,000
U.S. Department of Energy
"Hip Cladding & Joining to Manufacture Large Dissimilar Metal Structures for Modular & Gen UV Reactors"
Xiaoyuan Lou, mechanical engineering
$750,000
BASF Corporation
"Evaluation of Mixture Performance and Structural Capacity of B2Last-Modified Asphalt"
Nam Tran, National Center for Asphalt Technology
David Timm, civil and environmental engineering
$750,000
UP Polyco Inc
"Evaluation Of Mixture Performance and Structural Capacity Of Pavements Using Us Polyco New Binder Formulation"
Maria Rodezno and Buzz Powell, National Center for Asphalt Technology
$620,035
Advances Technology International
“Pb Free Solder Performance and Reliability”
Sa'd Hamasha, industrial and systems engineering
$576,389
National Advanced Mobility Consortium
“Systematic Evaluation of Lower Extremity Motor Adaptations to Joint Actuation”
Michael Zabala, David Bevly and Howard Chen, mechanical engineering
Mark Schall, industrial and systems engineering
Strategic Research Areas
- Transportation Engineering: $21,770,000
- Advanced Manufacturing Systems: $10,025,000
- Additive Manufacturing: $9,315,650
- Biomedical and Health Systems: $3,444,000
- Autonomy and Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing: $2,670,200
