OCTOBER 2008AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR ENGINEERING EDUCATION

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Biomedical engineering and aerospace engineering have outpaced all other engineering fields in growth at the undergraduate level.

Biomedical engineering has shown the fastest growth at all degree levels. Enrollment data indicate that these trends should continue for at least the next several years.

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING DEGREES AWARDED BY SCHOOL, 2006 - 2007
1. University of California, San Diego	168
2. Duke University	118
3. Johns Hopkins University	110
4. Case Western Reserve University	101
5. Georgia Institute of Technology	91
5. University of Texas, Austin	91
7. University of Pennsylvania	85
8. University of California, Irvine	84
9. Vanderbilt University	83
10. Arizona State University	71
10. Univ. of Minnesota, Twin Cities	71
12. University of Virginia	70
13. Northwestern University	69
14. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	66
15. University of California, Berkeley	64
16. University of Southern California	62
17. Washington University	60
18. Marquette University	58
19. Boston University	57
19. New Jersey Inst. of Technology	57

 

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING DEGREES AWARDED BY SCHOOL, 2006-07
1. Embry Riddle Aero. U., Daytona Beach	192
2. Georgia Institute of Technology	135
3. Purdue University	116
4. Pennsylvania State University	98
5. Virginia Tech	93
6. U.S. Naval Academy	92
7. University of Michigan	91
8. University of Texas, Austin	90
9. U.S. Air Force Academy	86
10. University of Colorado, Boulder	68
11. Embry Riddle Aero. U., Prescott	66
12. California Poly. State Univ., SLO	63
12. University of Maryland, College Park	63
12. Texas A&M University	63
15. Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign	60
16. University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	58
17. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	57
18. University of California, San Diego	54
18. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology	54
20. North Carolina State University	49

 

NUMBER OF UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING PROGRAMS, 1999 - 2007
YEAR	BIOMEDICAL	AEROSPACE
1999	33	54
2007	78	62

 

TOTAL BACHELOR´S ENGINEERING DEGREES AWARDED, 1999 - 2007
YEAR	BIOMEDICAL	AEROSPACE
1999	1,016	1,174
2007	2,969	2,788

 

PERCENTAGE OF GROWTH IN ENGINEERING DEGREES, 1999-2007
	BACHELOR'S	MASTER'S	DOCTORAL
BIOMEDICAL	192%	170%	187%
AEROSPACE	137%	65%	25%

 

Data source: American Society for Engineering Education.

 

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