College of Engineering
Established in 1933, the College of Engineering draws strength from the region’s robust engineering culture, providing students and faculty unrivaled connections to industry and the latest research and technology. To the region and state, the college provides leadership in emerging growth areas shaping our future.
College of Engineering faculty generate approximately $20 million annually in research expenditure, particularly in areas of biomedical engineering and computing, advanced materials and flexible manufacturing, and green technologies such as alternative energy technology, alternative energy and advanced battery storage. The college offers a full range of engineering disciplines, while several research areas in which faculty members focus on interdisciplinary teamwork and partnerships with industry are prominent — alternative energy technology, automotive engineering, electric drive vehicle engineering, environmental infrastructures and transportation engineering, materials and biomedical engineering, bioinformatics and computational biology, nanotechnology and sustainable engineering.
The 2012 fall enrollment in the College of Engineering is 2,437. Total enrollment includes 1,575 full-time and 862 part-time students.

Degrees/certificates granted 2011-12
Degrees/awards |
Minority |
White |
International |
Unknown |
Total |
| Undergraduate certificate | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Baccalaureate degree | 37 | 76 | 13 | 3 | 129 |
| Master's degree | 38 | 79 | 126 | 10 | 253 |
| Post-master's certificate | 7 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 22 |
| Doctoral degree | 6 | 12 | 30 | 2 | 50 |
| Total | 90 | 180 | 172 | 17 | 459 |