Mission, Facts, and Stats
Our Mission
To achieve and maintain the highest levels of excellence in higher education, to address the world's most pressing issues through research, to contribute to the economic vitality of our region and beyond, and to launch careers of first-rate, 21st century engineers and leaders who are ready to make immediate, positive contributions to society.
Student Demographics
| Undergraduate enrollment: | 3,806 |
| Undergraduate degrees awarded 2007: | 702 |
| Graduate enrollment: | 1,423 |
| Graduate degrees awarded 2007: | 331 |
| Doctor of Philosophy degrees awarded 2007: | 111 |
| Diversity of Degree Recipients | BS | MS | PhD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women | 20.1% | 24.2% | 34.2% |
| Underrepresented Minorities* | 5.0% | 4.5% | 2.7% |
| Asian Americans | 28.1% | 10.0% | 8.1% |
| Foreign Nationals | 7.6% | 17.5% | 49.6% |
| * African American, Hispanic, Native American | |||
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).
