FOUNDATIONS
By the numbers
A look at some of the figures that shape the College of Engineering
200 Students participating in “ESCape to Engineering,” a groundbreaking summer program for newly admitted female students, since its inception in 2008. Camp activities, based on the latest education research, have helped women excel in their college classes.
$135.9 millionEarly estimate of research expenditures for 2010-11, a new record and an indicator of the College’s fast-growing research programs.
20.6%Acceptance rate for graduate students in 2010, placing the College among the most selective engineering schools in the country.
53Percentage of the more than 53,000 total College alumni who live in North Carolina.
2,809Graduate student enrollment in Fall 2011, another record. The College has made boosting graduate enrollment one of its priorities.