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Women in Engineering Statistics

2005 Engineering Data:
 

2005 U.S. News Survey Rankings
  • 19th - Engineering Graduate Program (2005)
  • 16th - Engineering Undergraduate Program (2005)

2004 Engineering Data:

Fall 2004 (University Park only)
  Faculty Undergraduate Graduate
    Enrollment B.S. Degrees Enrollment M.S. & Ph.D. Degrees
Minority 15 (5.3%) 264 (4.7%) 41 (3.3%) 37 (2.7%) 11 (2.5%)
Women 40 (14.3%) 969 (17.1%) 205 (16.7%) 257 (19.1%) 114 (21.0%)
       

Fall 2004 (Commonwealth Campus)
 
    Undergraduate Graduate
    Enrollment Enrollment
Minority 127 (7.4%) 5 (6.8%)
Women 137 (7.9%) 18 (24.7%)

 

Faculty: Fall 2004
  University Park (UP)
All
279
Minority
10 (3.6%)
Women
40 (14.3%)

 

2003-04 College of Engineering Degrees Awarded 
  Number  Minority (Number/Percent) Women (Number/Percent)
Bachelors 1229 41 / 3.3% 205 / 16.7%
Masters 435 11 / 2.5% 97 / 22.3%
Ph.D. 111 0 / 0.0% 17 / 15.3%

 

2003 Engineering Data:

Fall 2003 Undergraduate Enrollments (full and part time students)
  Total University Park (UP) Commonwealth Campuses (CC)
All 7615 5793 1822
Minority 389 (5.1%) 273 (4.7% of UP) 116 (6.4% of CC)
Women 1150 (15.1%) 1008 (17.4% of UP) 142 (7.8% of CC)
       

Fall 2003 Graduate Enrollments
  Total University Park (UP) Commonwealth Campuses (CC)
All 1549 1473 76
Minority 39 (2.5%) 35 (2.4% of UP) 4 (5.3% of CC)
Women 309 (19.9%) 292 (19.8% of UP) 17 (22.4% of CC)
       

 

2002/2003 Penn State Degrees Awarded to Women
Major 2002/03 B.S. Degrees  B.S. Degrees to Women % of B.S. Degrees to Women 2002/03 M.S & M.Eng M.S. Degrees to Women % of M.S. Degrees to women 2002/03 Ph.D. Degrees Ph.D. Degrees to Women % of Ph.D. Degrees to Women
Acoustics       17.00 6.00 35.5% 7 1 14.3%
Aerospace 68 13 19.1% 15.00 0.00 0.0% 5 0 0.0%
Architectural 71 19 26.8% 35.00 8.00 22.9% 0 0  
Bioengineering 0 0   6.00 4.00 66.7% 1 1 100.0%
Chemical  135 60 44.4% 6.00 3.00 50.0% 6 1 16.7%
Civil 160 36 22.5% 29.00 5.00 17.2% 9 1 11.1%
Computer Science & Engineering 219 21 9.6% 37.00 11.00 29.7% 9 3 33.3%
Electrical 223 23 10.3% 56.00 9.00 16.1% 17 0 0.0%
Engineering Science and Mechanics 24 2 8.3% 54.00 13.00 24.1% 5 0 0.0%
Environmental 26 4 15.4% 10.00 4.00 40.0% 2 0 0.0%
Industrial 130 44 33.8% 30.00 4.00 13.3% 9 1 11.1%
Materials 0 0   6.00 1.00 16.7% 11 3 27.3%
Mechanical 226 19 8.4% 55.00 8.00 14.5% 21 4 19.0%
Nuclear 8 3 37.5% 7.00 1.00 14.3% 6 1 16.7%
Quality & Manufacturing Management 0 0   19.00 3.00 15.8% 0 0  
Surveying 7 0 0.0% 0 0   0 0  
 
Total College of Engineering 1297 224 18.8% 382 80 20.9% 108 16 14.8%
 
Earth & Mineral Science & Agricultural Engineering 56 13