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ECE by the Numbers

By any metric, our numbers reveal a highly successful program, where students are taught by caring, industry-savvy and world-class faculty, and upon graduation, go on to change our world for the better.

ECE by the numbers

$52.4M
Research
Expenditures (FY 24)
786
Graduate
Students (F 24)
751
Undergraduate
Students (F 24)
93
World-Class
Faculty

Faculty

  • 60 Tenure/Tenure-track Faculty
    • 26 Endowed and Named Professors
    • 72 Fellows (IEEE, OSA, SPIE, AAAS, APS, IPCS, etc)
    • 62 CAREER and Young Faculty Awards
    • 55 Education Awards
    • 3 NAI Fellows
    • 5 NAE Members
    • 1 Nobel Prize
  • 24 Research Scientists / Investigators
  • 2 Lecturers
  • 22 Affiliated Faculty
  • 34 Postdoctoral researchers

Students

  • Undergraduate Students
    • 409 Computer Engineering students
    • 342 Electrical Engineering students
    • 108 Electrical Engineering minor students
  • Graduate Students
    • 514 ECE Master’s students
    • 272 ECE PhD students

Alumni

Research expenditures

  • $52.4M

Academic programs

Rankings

  • Undergraduate Programs (U.S. News & World Report, 2025)
    • Electrical Engineering: 7
    • Computer Engineering: 7
  • Graduate Programs (U.S. News & World Report, 2025)
    • Electrical Engineering: 7
    • Computer Engineering: 6

Tech Transfer

  • 34 Startups (since 2010)
  • 77 Invention Disclosures (FY24)
  • 28 License agreements (FY24)
  • 44 U.S. Patents (FY24)