Accreditation

Like physicians and attorneys, professional engineers and surveyors in the United States are licensed or registered, unless exempt by the laws of a particular state, because their work affects public welfare, health, and safety.     To attain licensure in engineering or surveying,  individuals must meet statutory educational, experience, and testing requirements.     While educational requirements vary from state to state, it is often the case that individuals who graduate from a program that is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET ( abet.org ) satisfy the educational requirements for engineering licensure.      To attain engineering licensure, individuals must also take and pass the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) and Principles and Practices of Engineering (PE).

The undergraduate chemical engineering, civil engineering, electrical engineering, energy engineering, industrial and systems engineering, and mechanical engineering programs are accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET .

Other programs listed below are also accredited.   However, these careers do not presently have professional licensure requirements.

The undergraduate computer science program is accredited by the Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET .

The engineering technology and management program is accredited by the Association of Technology, Management, and Applied Engineering .

The aviation flight curriculum is approved by the Federal Aviation Administration .    Students who graduate with a Bachelor of Science degree in Aviation (Aviation Flight) attain the following licenses and/or ratings prior to completing their degree: 

• Private Pilot ASEL (Airplane, Single-Engine, Land) License
• Instrument Pilot Rating
• Commercial Pilot ASEL License
• AMEL (Airplane, Multi-Engine, Land) Rating
• Certificated Flight Instructor ASEL License (CFI)
• Certificated Flight Instructor ASEL – Instrument Rating (CFII)

Enrollment and Graduation Data

Fall Student Headcount

	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
AVN	112	87	91	114	121	127	134	150	158	164	179
CHE	141	177	196	206	213	195	206	200	164	149	151
CE	228	223	231	211	198	193	218	198	197	191	177
CS	160	175	177	209	232	250	277	288	274	263	299
EE	168	174	157	179	178	179	182	178	146	134	141
ENE	n/a	n/a	n/a	1	11	9	26	33	43	46	43
ETM	142	170	180	184	214	246	251	287	230	206	186
ISE	68	82	83	89	101	91	75	74	75	70	50
ME	298	345	388	418	414	422	417	401	346	300	283

Degrees Granted Per Academic Year

	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21
AVN	19	34	16	14	19	12	23	28	26	19	20
CHE	27	16	24	22	34	38	30	39	38	43	22
CE	29	33	33	34	40	41	22	42	34	32	47
CS	21	20	21	19	35	26	36	38	45	47	45
EE	24	32	27	25	23	33	34	36	40	35	31
ENE	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1	7	2	7	6
ETM	49	47	43	47	57	42	52	63	61	58	59
ISE	14	17	15	21	15	25	26	27	23	19	21
ME	41	55	45	52	70	68	64	82	93	70	81

6-year Graduation Rate

	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
AVN	59%	55%	68%	60%	48%	62%	44%	71%	63%	52%
CHE	57%	74%	71%	76%	76%	74%	63%	63%	75%	73%
CE	72%	63%	76%	53%	67%	75%	73%	69%	64%	76%
CS	53%	36%	60%	61%	53%	64%	52%	52%	57%	51%
EE	70%	36%	62%	56%	78%	64%	59%	72%	52%	55%
ENE	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	72%	52%	55%
ETM	40%	100%	50%	86%	64%	71%	50%	74%	75%	74%
ISE	100%	86%	100%	50%	33%	100%	73%	78%	67%	89%
ME	66%	61%	71%	60%	66%	59%	64%	64%	77%	71%

Accreditation Information by Program

• Aviation
• Chemical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Computer Science
• Electrical Engineering
• Energy Engineering
• Engineering Technology and Management
• Industrial and Systems Engineering