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ENGINEERING NUMBERS MOVING UP
Last year, a total of 62,632 bachelor's degrees were awarded in engineering. An additional 8,317 students earned computer science degrees in colleges of engineering, which brings the total number of engineering degrees to 70,949. Full-time undergraduate enrollment climbed to almost 374,000, a 13 percent increase since 1999.
UNDERGRADUATE ENROLLMENT
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1999
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2000
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2001
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2002
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2003
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| Freshman |
89,146
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88,723
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95,348
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97,590
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96,387
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| Sophmore |
69,714
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73,496
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75,378
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77,606
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79,831
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| Junior |
71,883
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75,886
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77,875
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78,673
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80,605
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| Senior |
99,957
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100,803
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106,210
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113,815
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117,134
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| Total Full Time |
330,700
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338,908
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358,811
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367,684
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373,957
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| Total Part Time |
33,391
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31,050
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31,148
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30,755
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32,854
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BACHELOR'S DEGREES
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1999
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2000
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2001
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2002
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2003
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62,372
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63,731
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65,113
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67,301
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70,949
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TOP 25 SCHOOLS BY UNDERGRADUATE ENROLLMENT
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1
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Texas A&M University
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6,411
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2
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Purdue University
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6,160
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3
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Pennsylvania State University
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5,862
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4
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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5,606
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5
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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5,375
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6
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Georgia Institute of Technology
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5,190
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7
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North Carolina State University
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5,128
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8
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Ohio State University
|
5,115
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9
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California Polytechnic State University
|
5,010
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10
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Iowa State University
|
4,782
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11
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University of Texas at Austin
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4,703
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12
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University of Michigan
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4,524
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13
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University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez
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4,476
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14
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University of Florida
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4,453
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15
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University of California, San Diego
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4,331
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16
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California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
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3,948
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17
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Michigan State University
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3,690
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18
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Arizona State University Main
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3,552
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19
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University of Wisconsin, Madison
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3,248
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20
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University of Central Florida
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3,192
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21
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Oregon State University
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3,104
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22
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University of California, Berkeley
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3,058
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23
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Michigan Technological University
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3,055
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24
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Clemson University
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3,054
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25
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Louisiana State University
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2,998
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Note: Degree data includes graduates in computer science in colleges of engineering. In 2003, there were 8,317 graduates in computer science.
Data collected by the American Society for Engineering Education and compiled
by Michael Gibbons.
