Fast Facts about the Vanderbilt School of Engineering

 

• Vanderbilt University Board of Trust voted to create the Engineering Department in 1886.
• Programs in biomedical engineering, chemical engineering, civil engineering, computer engineering, electrical engineering and mechanical engineering are accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, www.abet.org.
• Student/faculty ratio: 15-1
• Teaching Faculty Total: 119
• Tenure and Tenure-Track Faculty: 86
• Non-Teaching Research Staff: 42
• Undergraduate student population: 1281 (Spring 2013)
      31% women
      5.2% African American
      8.0% Asian American
      6.9% Hispanic American 
      15.9% International
• Median SAT: 1488 (Fall 2012 freshmen), 98th percentile
• 61% of engineering students receive some form of financial aid
• Ranked No. 34 in the 2013 annual undergraduate rankings by U.S. News & World Report (released September 2012)
• Degrees awarded (2012-2013)
      241 B.E.
      61 B.S.
• Graduate student/faculty ratio: 5-1
• Graduate Student population: 457 (Fall 2012); 393 Ph.D., 45 M.S., 19 M.Eng.
• Ranked No. 36 in the 2014 annual graduate rankings by U.S. News & World Report (released March 2013)
• Graduate Degrees awarded (2012-2013)
      46 M.S.
      7 M.E.
      53 Ph.D.
• Of the graduates who sought employment, 90 percent had jobs within six months of graduation.
• After graduation, 20 percent of graduates go to on to graduate school and 15 percent go to professional schools.

 

 

 

Updated: March 13, 2013

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