At A Glance

Students

• More than 11,000 students
• 18 bachelor’s, 21 master’s, 13 doctoral degree programs
• 70 percent of incoming freshmen in the top 10 percent of their high school graduating class

Faculty and Staff

• 19 members of the National Academy of Engineering
• 3 National Medals of Technology and Innovation
• 2 North Carolina Awards for Science
• 1 Emmy Award for plasma display technology
• 1 US Army Commander’s Award for life-saving military technology
• 3 members of the National Inventors Hall of Fame
• 1 Electronic Design Hall of Fame member
• 4 Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers
• 5 Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring
• 25 NSF Career Awards since 2015
• 1 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Medal of Honor winner
• 10 National Academy of Inventors Fellows

Academic Departments

• Biomedical Engineering
• Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
• Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering
• Computer Science
• Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Industrial and Systems Engineering
• Materials Science and Engineering
• Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Nuclear Engineering

Affiliated Engineering Programs

• Biological and Agricultural Engineering
• Forest Biomaterials
• Textile Engineering
• Site-Based Programs
  • Mechanical Engineering Systems – Havelock, NC
  • Mechatronics – Asheville, NC

Alumni

• More than 70,000 total living alumni
• 55.1 percent live in North Carolina
• Top 5 alumni metro areas outside NC:
  • Washington, DC
  • Bay Area, Calif.
  • Atlanta, Ga.
  • Greenville/Spartanburg, S.C.
  • Houston, Texas

Research

• Nearly $215 million in research expenditures in 2019-20
• 13th in total research expenditures among public engineering colleges*
• More than 3,000 graduate students
• One of only two schools to lead two National Science Foundation Engineering Research Centers at once
• 24 research centers, institutes and laboratories

Rankings

• 25th overall in U.S. News graduate rankings (2023)
• 12th among public institutions in U.S. News graduate rankings (2023)
• 10th in U.S. News ranking of online graduate programs for veterans (2022)
• 7th in U.S. News ranking of online graduate programs (2022)
• 18th in total B.S. degrees awarded*
• 15th in total engineering graduate enrollment*
• 2nd in B.S. degrees awarded to African Americans among non HBCUs**
• 17th in number of bachelor’s degrees awarded to women*
• 11th in total M.S. degrees awarded*
• 11th in total Ph.Ds awarded*
• 9th in number of Tenure / Tenure Track faculty members*
• 13th in number of Tenure / Tenure Track faculty members from underrepresented minority groups
• 13th in number of Tenure / Tenure Track women faculty members*
• 11th in number of Hispanic Tenure / Tenure Track faculty members*

Centennial Campus

• Eight of the College’s nine academic departments have moved to the state-of-the-art campus.
• Fitts-Woolard Hall, the fourth engineering building, opened in summer 2020.
• One of the premier research parks in North America, Centennial Campus is home to more than 70 industry, government and nonprofit partners.
• The GOLDEN LEAF Biomanufacturing Training and Education Center (BTEC), part of the College of Engineering, is a global role model for such enterprises and has helped make North Carolina and the Research Triangle area a national biotech leader.

*American Society of Engineering Education Profiles of Engineering Colleges 2020
**Diverse Issues in Higher Education (based on US Dept. of Education data)