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The College of Engineering at a Glance

The College of Engineering at Northeastern University is a leader in experiential education and interdisciplinary research, focused on solving global challenges and meeting societal needs through innovation. Our distinctive model of experiential learning, anchored by our signature cooperative education program, combined with our focus on use-inspired interdisciplinary research, has made us one of the top engineering schools in the world.


Undergraduate Enrollment - Fall 2022

3760

Undergraduate Students

4.4

Avg. GPA

53%

New First Year are Women


Graduate Enrollment - Fall 2022

6260

Graduate Students

5537

MS Students, up 109% vs. 2016

715

PhD Students, up 36% vs. 2016


Academics (AY 2021-22)

215

Tenured/TT Faculty

65

Teaching Faculty

5

Engineering Departments, ABET Accredited

over 100

BS, MS, PhD, minors, certificates


Research At-A-Glance

$92.5M

External Research Funding (2022); up 80% from 2016

18

Research Centers and Institutes, funding by 8 federal agencies

116

Young Investigator Awards (as of Aug. 2022)

158

Patents (2016-Aug. 2022)


Experiential Learning

2897

Co-op Placements (2022)

2200

Co-op Employer Partners (2020-22)

27

Countries with Co-op Placements (2021)

39

States with Co-op Placements (2021)


Alumni Community

over 54000

Engineering Alumni Globally


Rankings

1st

Co-op/Internships 2023, USNWR

33rd

Graduate Engineering Schools 2023, USNWR

50th

Undergraduate Engineering Schools 2023, USNWR