Fast Facts 2007

National Reputation

U.S. News & World Report (2008)

• Computer Engineering and Electrical Engineering rank in the top 100 for graduate programs

Hispanic Business (Sept. 2007), Top Graduate Engineering Schools for Hispanics

• College ranks 7^th (ahead of University of Oklahoma, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Florida Atlantic University)

National Ranking

American Society for Engineering Education (2006 Profile)

• Largest full-time freshmen enrollment in the state

• 15^th (of 331 schools) in undergraduate enrollment

• 37^th (of 250 schools) in graduate enrollment

• 22^nd (of 336 schools) or top 7% for BS degrees awarded  

• Top 20% (of 194 schools) in research expenditures for the college and affiliated research centers

• BS Degrees Awarded: College

BS Degrees Awarded	BS Rank (Percent) (of 336 schools)
Overall	22nd (Top 7%)
Hispanic	12th (Top 4%)
African-American	17th (Top 5%)
Women	30th (Top 9%)

• BS Degrees Awarded: Programs

Departments	Rank (Percent)
Civil Engineering (of 211 schools)	22nd (Top 10%)
Mechanical Engineering (of 276 schools)	43rd ( Top 16% )
Computer Engineering (of 165 schools)	12th (Top 7%)
Computer Science inside Engineering (of 148 schools)	2nd (Top 1%)
Electrical Engineering (of 255 schools)	25th (Top 10%)
Engineering Technology (of 69 schools)	13th (Top 19%)

Fall 2007 Statistics*

• 5,974 students in CECS

  • 4,987 undergraduate students
    4,304 male (86%), 683 female (14%)

  • 987 graduate students
    781 male (79%), 206 female (21%)

    • 508 Masters and Post-bac students
      396 male (78%), 112 female (22%)

    • 479 PhD students
      384 Male (80%), 95 female (20%)

• Incoming Freshmen 1,169 (Honors + Non-Honors)
  (1013 male, 156 female)

  
  

  Avg SAT	Avg ACT	Avg HS GPA
  1244	26.9	3.74

• CECS Honors 342 (New + Returning)
  (266 male, 76 female)

• Incoming Honors Freshmen 94
  (73 male, 21 female)

  
  

  Avg SAT	Avg ACT	Avg HS GPA
  1382	29.8	4.08

• National Merit Scholars: 17

• LEAD Scholars: 64

Student Diversity

(Percentages rounded up)

Type	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Amer. Indian	Non-res. Alien	White
Undergraduate	6%	7%	15%	<1%	2%	69%
Graduate	5%	4%	8%	<1%	41%	42%
UG Female	7%	7%	19%	<1%	5%	62%
UG Male	6%	7%	14%	<1%	2%	70%
GR Female	6%	4%	8%	<1%	48%	32%
GR Male	4%	4%	8%	<1%	39%	44%

*Preliminary IR data as of 8/27/07

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