Students

• More than 10,000 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

• 18 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
• 44 NSF Career Awards since 2010
• 1 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Medal of Honor winner
• 6 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

• 64,252 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, SC; Houston, Tx.

Research

• More than $206 million in research expenditures in 2016-17
• 6th in total research expenditures among public engineering colleges*
• More than 3,000 graduate students
• Lead institution on two National Science Foundation Engineering Research Centers
• Lead institution on two national nuclear consortia
• 24 research centers, institutes and laboratories

Rankings 2016-17

• 24th overall in US News graduate rankings for a second year in a row (2019)
• 12th among public institutions in US News graduate rankings for a second year in a row (2019)
• 17th among public institutions in US News undergraduate rankings (2018)
• 4th in US News ranking of online graduate computer information technology programs (2018)
• 9th in US News ranking of online graduate programs (2018)
• 11th in total BS degrees awarded*
• 2nd in BS degrees awarded to African Americans among non HBCUs**
• 4th in percentage of BS degrees awarded to women among top public colleges of engineering***
• 11th in total MS degrees awarded*
• 19th in MS degrees awarded to women*
• 12th in total PhDs awarded*
• 9th in PhDs awarded to African Americans among non HBCUs*
• 17th in PhDs awarded to women*
• 12th in number of Tenure/Tenure Track African American faculty among non HBCUs*
• 11th in number of Tenure/Tenure Track women faculty*

Centennial Campus

• More than two-thirds of the College has moved to the state-of-the-art campus
• Engineering Buildings I, II and III are completed and occupied
• Fitts-Woolard Hall, the fourth engineering building, is set to open in 2020

*American Society for Engineering Education Profiles of Engineering Colleges 2018
**Diverse Issues in Higher Education (based on US Dept. of Education data)
***Washington Post analysis