Department of Mechanical Engineering

ME ranks ninth nationally in undergraduate degrees awarded

 

Ames, Iowa—The Department of Mechanical Engineering at Iowa State University ranks ninth in the nation based on the number of undergraduate degrees that were awarded in the 2005–06 academic year, the most recent for which national data are available. The ranking was compiled by the American Society for Engineering Education. “Our undergraduate program has a rich heritage of making a significant national impact, and it is nice to receive this distinction,” says Jonathan Wickert, ME department chair and Larry and Pam Pithan Professor of Mechanical Engineering. “Our faculty and staff are very dedicated and committed to the quality of our undergraduate program, and this ranking is testament to their hard work.”

Data were collected from 276 schools that have ME programs. With 207 ME degrees awarded, Iowa State is the only Big 12 university to be ranked in the top 10.

1.  Purdue University, 277 (tie)
1.  Virginia Tech, 277 (tie)
3.  Georgia Institute of Technology, 273
4.  Pennsylvania State University, 261
5.  Kettering University, 257
6.  University of Michigan, 223
7.  Michigan Technological University, 222
8.  California Poly. State University, SLO, 209
9.  Iowa State University, 207
10.  University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 205

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