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COMPILED BY MICHAEL GIBBONS
The ratio of faculty to engineering degrees awarded varies widely by discipline and
by school, although the average among all schools has been roughly 3 degree recipients per faculty member for the past two decades. Degree/faculty ratios can be
used as a measure of faculty workload,1 and may also figure in engineering schools’
hiring and budget decisions. The ratios shown here reflect 78,347 bachelor’s degrees
awarded and 24,435 tenured/tenure-track faculty members in 2010.*
The Numbers Game:
Student to Faculty Ratios
Engineering Trends
*ASEE data
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Ratio of Bachelor's Degree Recipients to Faculty By Discipline
Engineering
Science and
Engineering Physics
Metallurgical
and Materials
Engineering
1.71
1.40
Biological Eng.
and Agricultural Eng.
261 schools fit the
criteria for this table,
awarding a minimum
of 50 degrees each.
Faculty refers to
tenured/tenure-track
faculty members.
2.67
2.55
Nuclear
Engineering
2.46
1.68
Electrical/Computer
Engineering
Mining
Engineering
Computer Science
(inside engineering)
2.59
Engineering
Management
2.85
Environmental
Engineering
3.23
Industrial/
Manufacturing
Engineering
3.49
6.22
4.29
3.70
3.27
3.13
Architectural
Engineering
Mechanical
Engineering
Engineering
(General)
Biomedical
Engineering
Chemical
Engineering
Civil
Engineering
4.22
Aerospace
Engineering
4.93
Lowest Ratio of Bachelor's Degree Recipients to Faculty By School
Highest Ratio of Bachelor's Degree Recipients to Faculty By School
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Howard University
1.13
University of North Texas
1.13
California Institute of Technology
1.17
Yale University
1.19
George Washington University
1.24
University of Memphis
1.51
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology
1.57
Old Dominion University
1.57
Rice University
1.59
Wayne State University
1.65
Princeton University
1.66
University of California, Santa Barbara
1.68
University of New Mexico
1.68
Univ. of Tennessee, Chattanooga
1.70
University of California, Santa Cruz
1.72
INFOGRAPHIC BY JOSEPH WHARTON | Data source: American Society for Engineering Education
California State Poly. U., Pomona
7.82
University of Saint Thomas
6.58
San Jose State University
6.44
Kettering University
6.35
U.S. Naval Academy
6.18
California Poly. State U., SLO
6.14
Embry-Riddle Aero. U., Prescott
6.00
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
5.65
Florida International University
5.64
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
5.56
Ohio Northern University
5.44
University of North Florida
5.33
LeTourneau University
5.31
Michigan Technological University
5.29
Pennsylvania State University, Erie
5.29
Petroleum
Engineering
6.55
261 schools fit the
criteria for this table,
awarding a minimum
of 50 degrees each.
Faculty refers to
tenured/tenure-track
faculty members.
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