Fast Facts - College of Engineering @ University of Wisconsin Madison

UW-Madison rankings praise

Ranked 13th among public universities in the 2011 U.S. News and World Report rankings of the best U.S. universities
Ranked ninth, the best among Big Ten public universities, in Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine national ranking of the best values among public universities
Beating such storied institutions as Harvard and Yale, deemed the top U.S. university in a Global Language Monitor TrendTopper MediaBuzz Internet analysis.
Ranked 16th among corporate recruiters in a recent Wall Street Journal survey
Ranked 25th in the Kaplan/Newsweek “Finding the Right College for You” guide
At 17th, one of only six American public universities in the top 20, and the only Big Ten university in the top 20, of Shanghai’s Jiao Tong University Academic Ranking of World Universities.
Named to Parade magazine’s “College A-List”
One of seven schools, out of 322 campuses surveyed, to receive the highest possible grade, an A, on the College Sustainability Report Card 2011

Career Services

The college Engineering Career Services team works year-round to connect engineering employers with students and alumni seeking internships, co-operative educational experiences, and professional positions. The office annually coordinates two major career fairs that draw hundreds of employers and thousands of students.

Prior to their graduation, approximately 85 percent of bachelor’s degree recipients complete at least one internship or co-operative experience.
Student interns or co-ops earn, on average, 75 percent of a full-time engineering salary and gain valuable real-world experience.
Engineering Career Services works with nearly 2,000 employers.

In the 2009-2010 academic year, median starting salaries (reported voluntarily to Engineering Career Services by graduating students) for bachelor’s degree recipients:

Biomedical engineering $57,000
Chemical engineering $63,500
Civil and environmental engineering $49,502
Computer engineering $58,000
Electrical engineering $59,000
Engineering mechanics and astronautics $59,700
Industrial engineering $57,000
Materials science and engineering $56,056
Mechanical engineering $55,000

In the 2009-2010 academic year, median starting salaries (reported voluntarily to Engineering Career Services by graduating students) for master’s degree recipients:

Biomedical engineering $60,000
Civil and environmental engineering $47,500
Electrical and computer engineering $73,000
Engineering mechanics and astronautics $80,000
Industrial engineering $60,000
Manufacturing systems engineering $61,000
Materials science and engineering $55,000
Mechanical engineering $67,500
Nuclear engineering and engineering physics $73,500

In the 2009-2010 academic year, median starting salaries (reported voluntarily to Engineering Career Services by graduating students) for PhD degree recipients:

Chemical engineering $97,502
Electrical and computer engineering $101,300
Materials science and engineering $93,000
Mechanical engineering $102,000

Annual enrollment

Approximately 3,600 undergraduate students
Approximately 1,500 graduate students
Approximately 10,000 professional engineering education students

Degrees granted 2009-2010

Bachelor’s degrees—586
Master’s degrees—276
Doctoral degrees—126

Faculty excellence

22 professors named to the National Academy of Engineering
3 professors named to the National Academy of Sciences
2 professors named to the Institute of Medicine
82 faculty recipients of National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator, PECASE, or CAREER awards.

Research excellence

128 invention disclosures to the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation in 2009-2010 fiscal year
10 consecutive years of more than 100 patent disclosures
44 research centers
15 research consortia with more than 280 industrial and governmental members

Alumni Excellence

William C. Beckman
Dawn Ann Harms
Show Chung Ho
Aicardo Roa-Espinosa
Chad M. Sorenson
Nitish V. Thakor
Dan J. Thoma
Steven J. Zinkle