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ECE by the Numbers

By any metric, our numbers reveal a highly successful program, where students are taught by caring, industry-savvy and world-class faculty, and upon graduation, go on to change our world for the better.

ECE by the numbers

$54+M
Research
Expenditures (FY 23)
958
Graduate
Students (F 22)
593
Undergraduate
Students (F 22)
92
World-Class
Faculty

Faculty

  • 72 Tenure/Tenure-track Faculty
    • 26 Endowed and Named Professors
    • 72 Fellows (IEEE, OSA, SPIE, AAAS, APS, IPCS, etc)
    • 62 CAREER and Young Faculty Awards
    • 55 Education Awards
    • 3 NAI Fellows
    • 5 NAE Members
    • 1 Nobel Prize
  • 16 Research Scientists / Investigators
  • 4 Lecturers
  • 19 Affiliated Faculty

Students

  • Undergraduate Students
    • 302 Computer Engineering students
    • 291 Electrical Engineering students
  • Graduate Students
    • 697 ECE Master’s students
    • 261 ECE PHD students

Alumni

Research expenditures

  • $53.7M, FY22

Academic programs

Rankings

  • Undergraduate Programs (U.S. News & World Report, 2023)
    • Electrical Engineering: 6
    • Computer Engineering: 7
  • Graduate Programs (U.S. News & World Report, 2024)
    • Electrical Engineering: 4
    • Computer Engineering: 7

Tech Transfer

  • 33 Startups (since 2010)
  • 58 Invention Disclosures (FY22)
  • 31 U.S. Patents (FY22)