2022-23 Rankings and Data
By Editorial Staff
National Rankings
Undergraduate program 33rd among public universities1
Graduate program 31st among public universities1
Graduate Online Program 16th among all engineering colleges1
30th in bachelor's degrees awarded among public universities2
50th national ranking in undergraduate degrees awarded to women2
46th national ranking by number of tenured / tenure-track faculty2
3rd graduate online civil and engineering program1
27th undergraduate enrollment among public universities2
1 U.S. News & World Report | 2 American Society for Engineering Education
2022 Enrollment Snapshot
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Engineering |
University |
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Undergraduate |
5,068 |
25,379 |
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Graduate |
1,150 |
6,358 |
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Total |
6,218 |
31,764 |
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22.5 percent female |
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17.2 percent underrepresented |
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2022 Enrollment and Graduates
| Program | Fall 2021 Enrollment | ||
| Bachelors | Masters | PhD | |
| Aerospace Engineering | 580 | 28 | 54 |
| Biosystems Engineering | 178 | 19 | 18 |
| Chemical Engineering | 424 | 10 | 79 |
| Civil & Environmental Engineering | 545 | 69 | 68 |
| Computer Science & Software Engineering | 1180 | 84 | 116 |
| Cybersecurity | 19 | ||
| Data | 13 | ||
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | 531 | 33 | 69 |
| Master of Engineering | 22 | ||
| Engineering Management | 99 | ||
| Industrial & Systems Engineering | 395 | 49 | 85 |
| Materials Engineering | 28 | 9 | 33 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 1,168 | 64 | 91 |
| Polymer & Fiber Engineering | 1 | 4 | |
| Wireless Engineering | 11 | ||
| Pre-Engineering | 47 | ||
Faculty Snapshot
- 190 tenured/tenure track faculty
- 47 non-tenure track teaching/research faculty
- 15 postdoctoral researchers/fellows
Research Expenditures
$86 million
Research Award Highlights in 2022
$9,09,631
Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
“AU Gulf Coast Engineering Research Station”
Joel Hayworth (civil and environmental engineering)
$1,862,255
National Institutes of Health R35 award
“Development of Computational Tools For Accounting For Host Variability In Predicting T-Cell Epitopes”
Christopher Kieslich (chemical engineering)
$460,736
National Science Foundation
“CAREER: Harnessing External Knowledge to Improve Computer Vision Robustness, Explainability and User Accuracy”
Anh Nguyen (computer science and software engineering)
$450,000
NextFlex
“In-Mold Electronics Interconnection and Thermoforming For 3D-Integrated Applications”
Pradeep Lall (Center for Advanced Vehicle Electronics)
$1,865,315
National Institutes of Health R35 award
“Cell Mechanoresponses In Physiologically Relevant Microenvironments”
Panagiotis Mistriotis (chemical engineering)
$2,496,423
National Institutes of Health R01 award
“Engineered Colon Cancer Tissue To Examine The Impact Of The Obese Microenvironment”
Elizabeth Lipke (chemical engineering)
$500,000
National Science Foundation
“CAREER: Towards Efficient & Fast Hierarchical Federated Learning In Heterogenous Wireless Edge Networks”
Xiaowen Gong (electrical engineering)
$749,999
Department of Energy
“DOE CAREER: Mechanisms Of Hydrogen Interaction With Earth Materials Subsurface Formations”
Lauren Beckingham (civil and environmental engineering)
$589,889
National Science Foundation
“RET Site: Project-Based Learning for Rural Alabama STEM Middle School Teachers in Machine Learning and Robotics”
Xiaowen Gong (electrical engineering), Thaddeus Roppel (electrical engineering) and Daniela Marghitu (computer science and software engineering)
High Profile Research Areas
- Transportation Engineering: $4,700,000
- Advanced Manufacturing Systems: $9,000,000
- Autonomy and Assured Position, Navigation and Timing: $2,000,000
- Micro and Nano Electronics: $4,900,000
- Biomedical and Health Systems: $2,800,000