ASEE PRISM - DECEMBER 2007

TEACHING TOOLBOX: You Know It. Can You Write It? WITH ENGINEERS EXPECTED TO BE NOT ONLY SMART BUT ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WELL, EDUCATORS FIND NEW WAYS TO TEACH THE SECOND 'R.' - BY THOMAS K. GROSE

DATABYTES: High Achievers - COMPILED BY MICHAEL GIBBONS - Data source: American Society for Engineering Education - INFOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATION BY I-SHAN CHEN

Increasingly more Engineering PhDs are going to international students. The percentage of engineering doctorates awarded to foreign nationals has risen steadily since 1999. Master’s degrees followed a similar track until reaching a peak in 2003. Permanent U.S. residents now receive over 60 percent of engineering master’s degrees. The data indicate that these trends should continue for at least the near term.

Data source: American Society for Engineering Education. More data can be found online at www.asee.org/colleges.

SCHOOLS WITH THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF DOCTORAL DEGREES AWARDED TO FOREIGN NATIONALS*
DEGREES BY RESIDENCY
ENROLLMENT BY RESIDENCY, FALL 2006

SCHOOLS WITH THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF DOCTORAL DEGREES AWARDED TO FOREIGN NATIONALS*
1. Illinois Institute of Technology	92.3%
2. New Jersey Institute of Technology	89.2%
3. Louisiana State University	88.9%
4. University of Cincinnati	88.3%
5. University of Texas, Dallas	86.4%
6. Louisiana Tech University	85.7%
7. Ohio State University	84.6%
8. Texas A&M University	83.7%
9. University of Southern California	81.5%
10. University of Louisville	80.0%
11. SUNY, Buffalo	78.8%
12. University of Hawaii, Manoa	78.3%
13. University of Missouri, Rolla	76.9%
14. Stony Brook University	76.1%
15. Arizona State University	76.0%
16. University of Rochester	76.0%
17. University of Missouri, Columbia	75.8%
18. West Virginia University	75.8%
19. Lehigh University	75.7%
20. Michigan State University	75.4%
*** minimum of 25 doctoral degrees awarded. 94 schools fit this criterion. Data source: American Society for Engineering Education. More data can be found online at www.asee.org/colleges.

DEGREES BY RESIDENCY
YEAR	Domestic Master's	Domestic Doctoral	Foreign National Master's	Foreign National Doctoral
1999	60.3%	54.4%	39.7%	45.6%
2000	59.4%	50.1%	40.6%	49.9%
2001	57%	46.2%	43%	53.8%
2002	57.9%	46%	42.1%	54%
2003	54%	44.8%	46%	55.2%
2004	54.5%	42.2%	45.5%	57.8%
2005	57.4%	40.6%	42.6%	59.4%
2006	60.2%	38.3%	39.8%	61.7%
Data source: American Society for Engineering Education. More data can be found online at www.asee.org/colleges.

ENROLLMENT BY RESIDENCY, FALL 2006
DEGREE	Domestic	Foreign
Master's	63.7%	36.3%
Doctoral	45.9%	54.1%
Data source: American Society for Engineering Education. More data can be found online at www.asee.org/colleges.

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