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Engineering Enrollment - Illustration by Lung-I Lo - Compiled by Michael Gibbons
Engineering Enrollment

Total undergraduate enrollment in engineering rose to 373,957 in 2003, a 1.7 percent increase. Freshman enrollment failed to increase for the first time in three years. The decrease, however, was just over 1 percent.

Statistics compiled by Michael Gibbons for the American Society for Engineering Education. For more detailed information, visit www.asee.org/colleges.

 



UNDERGRADUATE ENROLLMENT BY ENGINEERING DISCIPLINE, FALL 2003

UNDERGRADUATE ENROLLMENT BY ENGINEERING DISCIPLINE, FALL 2003: Mechanical = 75,507 Electrical = 70,327 Other = 41,726 Civil = 41,716 Computer science (inside engineering) = 32,236 Chemical = 21,889 Electrical/computer = 20,646 Industrial/Manufacturing = 13,377 Aerospace = 10,988 Biomedical = 10,608 Computer engineering = 10,065 Engineering (General) = 7,364 Eng. science & eng. physics = 4,414 Metallurgical & materials = 3,234 Agricultural = 2,514 Architectural = 2,062 Petroleum = 1,604 Nuclear = 1,259 Engineering management = 910 Environmental engineering = 719 Mining = 429
Statistics compiled by Michael Gibbons for the American Society for Engineering Education

FRESHMEN ENROLLMENT IN ENGINEERING
FRESHMEN ENROLLMENT IN ENGINEERING: 1999 = 89,146 2000 = 88,723 2001 = 95,348 2002 = 97,590 2003 = 96,387

Statistics compiled by Michael Gibbons for the American Society for Engineering Education


ENGINEERING DISCIPLINES WITH THE LARGEST NUMBER OF FRESHMEN, AND PERCENTAGE IN THAT DISCIPLE WHO ARE FRESHMEN., FALL 2003


ENGINEERING DISCIPLINES WITH THE LARGEST NUMBER OF FRESHMEN, AND PERCENTAGE IN THAT DISCIPLE WHO ARE FRESHMEN., FALL 2003: Mechanical: 17,695 - 23.4% Electrical: 14,350 - 20.4% Civil: 8,695 - 20.8% Computer science (inside engineering): 7,799 - 24.2% Chemical: 4,456 - 20.4% Electrical/computer engineering: 4,408 - 21.4% Aerospace: 3,011 - 27.4% Biomedical: 2,545 - 24.0% Computer engineering: 2,426 - 24.1% Industrial/manufacturing: 1,943 - 14.5%

Statistics compiled by Michael Gibbons for the American Society for Engineering Education


 
FEATURES
THE MECHANICS OF A CAREER - By Thomas K. Grose
A CLICK AWAY - By Barbara Mathias-Riegel
YOU CALL THIS SCHOOL? - By Pierre Home-Douglas
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ON CAMPUS: The Write Time and Place - By Robert Gardner
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LAST WORD: Inside Washington - By Jim Turner
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UNDERGRADUATE ENROLLMENT BY ENGINEERING DISCIPLINE, FALL 2003 FRESHMEN ENROLLMENT IN ENGINEERING ENGINEERING DISCIPLINES WITH THE LARGEST NUMBER OF FRESHMEN, AND PERCENTAGE IN THAT DISCIPLE WHO ARE FRESHMEN., FALL 2003