2023-24 Rankings and Data
By Editorial Staff
National Rankings
Undergraduate program 30th among public universities1
Graduate program 31st among public universities1
Graduate Online Program 19th among all engineering colleges1
34th in bachelor's degrees awarded among public universities2
49th national ranking in undergraduate degrees awarded to women2
1st online computer science bachelor's program3
19th best online master in engineering program1
29th undergraduate enrollment among public universities2
23rd best online information technology program1
1 U.S. News & World Report | 2 American Society for Engineering Education | 3 Best Colleges
2023 Enrollment Snapshot
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Engineering |
University |
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Undergraduate |
5,214 |
26,874 |
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Graduate |
1,117 |
6,141 |
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Total |
6,331 |
33,015 |
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23 percent female |
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12.5 percent underrepresented |
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2023 Enrollment and Graduates
| Program | Fall 2023 Enrollment | ||
| Bachelors | Masters | PhD | |
| Aerospace Engineering | 674 | 37 | 48 |
| Biosystems Engineering | 179 | 12 | 25 |
| Chemical Engineering | 444 | 12 | 83 |
| Civil & Environmental Engineering | 535 | 60 | 61 |
| Computer Science & Software Engineering | 1125 | 92 | 112 |
| Cybersecurity | 16 | ||
| Data | 17 | ||
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | 510 | 35 | 72 |
| Master of Engineering | 19 | ||
| Engineering Management | 87 | ||
| Industrial & Systems Engineering | 446 | 48 | 71 |
| Materials Engineering | 33 | 6 | 26 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 1,196 | 53 | 93 |
| Polymer & Fiber Engineering | 1 | 4 | |
| Wireless Engineering | 13 | ||
| Pre-Engineering | 59 | ||
Faculty Snapshot
- 190 tenured/tenure track faculty
- 67 non-tenure track teaching/research faculty
- 21 postdoctoral researchers/fellows
Research Expenditures
$87.3 million
Research Award Highlights in 2022
$6,552,227
Federal Transit Administration
“Low and No Emission-Component Assessment”
Christian Brodbeck (engineering administration) and Mark Hoffman (mechanical engineering)
$3,255,444
State of Kansas
“Additive Manufacturing Material and Process Rapid Qualification for Vehicle Applications”
Nima Shamsaei and Shuai Shao (chemical engineering)
$3,012,027
United States Air Force
“Novel Timber Structures for Air Force Expeditionary Environments”
James Davidson, J. Brian Anderson, David Roueche and Kadir Sener (civil and environmental engineering)
$1,250,000
National Asphalt Pavement Association
“Synthesis of State of Practice and Research Needs for Airfield Asphalt Pavement Resilience”
Benjamin Bowers (civil and environmental engineering)
$1,099,000
Trideum Corporation
“Missions based multi-domain operations test environment”
Stephen Mills (Applied Research Institute) and Hunter Burch (electrical and computer engineering)
High Profile Research Areas
- Advanced Manufacturing Systems: $20,386,983
- Transportation Engineering: $17,953,771
- Additive Manufacturing: $7,429,643
- Autonomy and Assured Position, Navigation and Timing: $4,603,937
- Micro and Nano Electronics: $3,639,215
- Biomedical and Health Systems: $2,322,956