Special Focus Four-Year: Engineering Schools

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2021 Undergraduate Tuition

$25,830

2021 Average Net Price

$24,946

After Financial Aid

2021 Acceptance Rate

67.7%

7,498 Applicants

2021 Enrolled Students

10,573

71.4% Full-Time

2021 Graduation Rate

59.9%

999 Graduates

About

Special Focus Four-Year: Engineering Schools is a Carnegie Classification grouping of higher education institutions. In 2021, the most popular Bachelor's Degree concentrations at Special Focus Four-Year: Engineering Schools were Mechanical Engineering (295 degrees awarded), Electrician (281 degrees), and Electrical & Electronics Engineering (213 degrees).

In 2021, 2,351 degrees were awarded across all undergraduate and graduate programs at Special Focus Four-Year: Engineering Schools. 22.8% of these degrees were awarded to women, and 77.2% awarded men. The most common race/ethnicity group of degree recipients was hispanic or latino (939 degrees), 1.01 times more than then the next closest race/ethnicity group, white (929 degrees).

The median undergraduate tuition at Special Focus Four-Year: Engineering Schools is $25,830, which is $15,630 more than than the national median of $10,200. The cost of out-of-state tuition is $25,830, which is 100% of the cost for in-state students, and is $11,256 more than than the national median $14,574.

Special Focus Institutions

Costs

The median in-state tuition for Special Focus Four-Year: Engineering Schools is $25,830, which is $15,432 more than than the national median in-state tuition of $10,398. The cost of out-of-state tuition is $25,830, which is 100% of the cost for in-state students, and is $11,256 more than than the national median out-of-state tuition of $14,574.

After taking grants and loans into account, the average net price for students is $24,946.

Tuition Costs

$25,830

2021 Undergraduate Tuition

In 2021, the cost of out-of-state tuition at Special Focus Four-Year: Engineering Schools was $25,830, which is 100% of the cost for in-state students, which was $25,830. The cost of out-of-state tuition at Special Focus Four-Year: Engineering Schools is $11,256 more than than the overall (public and private) national median of $14,574, and the in-state tuition is $15,432 more than than the overall (public and private) national median $10,398.

This chart compares the tuition costs of Special Focus Four-Year: Engineering Schools (in red) with those of other similar universities.

Average Net Price

$24,946

2021 Value

1.25%

1 Year Growth

In 2021 Special Focus Four-Year: Engineering Schools had an average net price — the price paid after factoring in grants and loans — of $24,946. Between 2020 and 2021, the average net price of Special Focus Four-Year: Engineering Schools grew by 1.25%.

This chart compares the average net price of Special Focus Four-Year: Engineering Schools (in red) with that of other similar universities.

Average net price is calculated from full-time beginning undergraduate students who were awarded a grant or scholarship from federal, state or local governments, or the institution.

Other Student Expenses

$13,865

Room and Board

$1,600

Books and Supplies

The average yearly cost of room and board at Special Focus Four-Year: Engineering Schools was of $13,865 in 2021. The cost of room and board increased by 3.41% between 2020 and 2021.

During the same period, the average yearly cost of books and supplies was $1,600. The cost of books and supplies increased by 6.67% during the same period.

This chart compares the average student costs at Special Focus Four-Year: Engineering Schools (in red) with that of similar universities.

Financial Aid by Income Level

88%

Undergraduates Receiving Financial Aid through Grants

46%

Undergraduates Receiving Financial Aid through Loans

88% of undergraduate students at Special Focus Four-Year: Engineering Schools received financial aid through grants or loans in 2021. This represents a decline of 2.22% with respect to 2020, when 90% of undergraduate students received financial aid.

This chart compares the average award discount at Special Focus Four-Year: Engineering Schools (in red) with that of other similar universities.

The average award discount is the ratio between the average grant or scholarship value, and the cost, which is the sum of out-of-state tuition, room, board, book, supplies, and other expenses.

Admissions

Special Focus Four-Year: Engineering Schools received 7,498 undergraduate applications in 2021, which represents a 6.55% annual growth. Out of those 7,498 applicants, 5,075 students were accepted for enrollment, representing a 67.7% acceptance rate.

There were 10,573 students enrolled at Special Focus Four-Year: Engineering Schools in 2021. 40.8% of first-time enrollees submitted SAT scores with their applications.

Special Focus Four-Year: Engineering Schools has an overall enrollment yield of 25.5%, which represents the number of admitted students who ended up enrolling.

Acceptance Rate

67.7%

Acceptance Rate in 2021

5,075

Accepted Out of 7,498

In 2021, the undergraduate acceptance rate of Special Focus Four-Year: Engineering Schools was 67.7% (5,075 admissions from 7,498 applications). This is lower than the acceptance rate of 2020, which was 69.7%. Between 2020 and 2021, the number of applicants grew by 6.55%, while admissions grew by 3.51%..

This chart compares the acceptance rate of Special Focus Four-Year: Engineering Schools (in red) with that of other similar universities, and the chart below shows the acceptance rate by gender.

SAT Scores

40.8%

Submission Percentage (2021)

467

Scores Submitted (2021)

40.8% of enrolled first-time students at Special Focus Four-Year: Engineering Schools in 2021 submitted SAT scores with their applications.

This chart shows the SAT scores for the 25th and 75th percentile of applicants broken out into each section of the test that their are evaluated on.

Enrollment

Special Focus Four-Year: Engineering Schools had a total enrollment of 10,573 students in 2021. The full-time enrollment at Special Focus Four-Year: Engineering Schools is 7,551 students and the part-time enrollment is 3,022. This means that 71.4% of students enrolled at Special Focus Four-Year: Engineering Schools are enrolled full-time.

The enrolled student population at Special Focus Four-Year: Engineering Schools, both undergraduate and graduate, is 46.1% Hispanic or Latino, 37.8% White, 3.73% Black or African American, 3.4% Asian, 2.7% Two or More Races, 0.312% American Indian or Alaska Native, and 0.123% Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders.

Students enrolled at Special Focus Four-Year: Engineering Schools in full-time Undergraduate programs are most commonly White Male (36.9%), followed by Hispanic or Latino Male (25.1%) and White Female (11.2%). Students enrolled in full-time Graduate programs are most commonly Hispanic or Latino Male (25.2%), followed by White Male (23.3%) and Hispanic or Latino Female (14.4%).

Full-Time vs Part-Time Enrollment

71.4%

Full-Time Enrollment

The total enrollment at Special Focus Four-Year: Engineering Schools in 2021, both undergraduate and graduate, is 10,573 students. The full-time enrollment at Special Focus Four-Year: Engineering Schools is 7,551 and the part-time enrollment is 3,022. This means that 71.4% of students enrolled at Special Focus Four-Year: Engineering Schools are enrolled full-time compared with 69.7% at similar Special Focus Institutions.

This chart shows the full-time vs part-time enrollment status at Special Focus Four-Year: Engineering Schools (in red) compares to similar universities.

Retention Rate over Time

81%

2021 Retention Rate

Retention rate measures the number of first-time students who began their studies the previous fall and returned to school the following fall. The retention rate for full-time undergraduates at Special Focus Four-Year: Engineering Schools was 81%. Compared with the full-time retention rate at similar Special Focus Institutions (69%), Special Focus Four-Year: Engineering Schools had a retention rate higher than its peers.

This chart shows the retention rate over time at Special Focus Four-Year: Engineering Schools (highlighted in red) compares to similar universities.

Enrollment by Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity (2021)

Hispanic or Latino
4,879 enrolled students
White
3,994 enrolled students
Black or African American
394 enrolled students

The enrolled student population at Special Focus Four-Year: Engineering Schools is 46.1% Hispanic or Latino, 37.8% White, 3.73% Black or African American, 3.4% Asian, 2.7% Two or More Races, 0.312% American Indian or Alaska Native, and 0.123% Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders. This includes both full-time and part-time students as well as graduate and undergraduates. By comparison, enrollment for all Special Focus Institutions is 43.6% White, 18.4% Hispanic or Latino, and 14% Black or African American.

Any student who is studying in the United States on a temporary basis is categorized as a "Non-Resident Alien", and the share of those students are shown in the chart below. Additionally, 228 students (2.16%) did not report their race.

Graduates

In 2021, 1,277 fewer women than men received degrees from Special Focus Four-Year: Engineering Schools. The most common race/ethnicity group of degree recipients at Special Focus Four-Year: Engineering Schools is hispanic or latino (939 degrees awarded). There were 1.01 times more hispanic or latino recipients than the next closest race/ethnicity group, white (929 degrees).

The most common Bachelor's Degree concentration at Special Focus Four-Year: Engineering Schools is Mechanical Engineering (292 degrees awarded), followed by Electrical & Electronics Engineering (186 degrees) and General Civil Engineering (108 degrees).

In 2021, the most specialized majors across all degree types at Special Focus Four-Year: Engineering Schools, meaning they have significantly more degrees awarded in that concentration than the national average across all institutions, are Construction (281 degrees awarded), Engineering (1,313 degrees), and Engineering Technologies (205 degrees).

Common Jobs by Major

Software developers

Most Common Job

The most common jobs for people who hold a degree in one of the 5 most specialized majors at Special Focus Four-Year: Engineering Schools are Software developers (888,157 people), Other managers (429,802 people), Miscellaneous engineers, including nuclear engineers (374,115 people), Civil engineers (277,499 people), and Mechanical engineers (205,772 people).

The most specialized majors at Special Focus Four-Year: Engineering Schools in 2021 are Construction (281 degrees awarded), Engineering (1,313 degrees), Engineering Technologies (205 degrees), Architecture and Related Services (27 degrees), and Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services (315 degrees) (as of 2021).

Highest Paying Jobs by Major

Podiatrists

Highest Paying Job

The highest paying jobs for people who hold a degree in one of the 5 most specialized majors at Special Focus Four-Year: Engineering Schools are Podiatrists, Cardiovascular technologists and technicians, Surgeons, Physicians, and Magnetic resonance imaging technologists

The most specialized majors at Special Focus Four-Year: Engineering Schools are Construction (281 degrees awarded), Engineering (1,313 degrees), Engineering Technologies (205 degrees), Architecture and Related Services (27 degrees), and Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services (315 degrees) (as of 2021).

Common Industries by Major

Computer Systems Design

Most Common Industry

The most common industries for people who hold a degree in one of the 5 most specialized majors at Special Focus Four-Year: Engineering Schools are Computer Systems Design (962,479 people), Architectural, engineering & related services (582,770 people), Construction (411,609 people), Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges (250,486 people), and Management, scientific & technical consulting services (194,963 people).

Majors Awarded

IPEDS uses the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) standard, so the categories may not match the exact concentrations offered by Special Focus Four-Year: Engineering Schools.

Most Common (2021)

Mechanical Engineering
292 degree-majors awarded
Electrical & Electronics Engineering
186 degree-majors awarded
General Civil Engineering
108 degree-majors awarded

In 2021, the most common bachelors degree concentration at Special Focus Four-Year: Engineering Schools was Mechanical Engineering with 292 degrees awarded.

This visualization illustrates the percentage of degree-majors recipients from bachelors degree programs at Special Focus Four-Year: Engineering Schools according to their major.

Sex Breakdown for Common Majors

1,814

Degrees Awarded to Men

in 2021

537

Degrees Awarded to Women

in 2021

In 2021, 1,814 degrees were awarded to men at Special Focus Four-Year: Engineering Schools, which is 3.38 times more than the number of degrees awarded to females (537).

This chart displays the sex disparity between the top 5 majors at Special Focus Four-Year: Engineering Schools by degrees awarded.

Most Common Male Majors

In 2021, 276 degrees were awarded to men at Special Focus Four-Year: Engineering Schools in Electrician, which is 55.2 times more than the 5 female recipients with that same degree.

Most Common Female Majors

In 2021, 47 degrees were awarded to men at Special Focus Four-Year: Engineering Schools in Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering, which is 0.94 times less than the 50 male recipients with that same degree.

Time to Complete

43%

100% Completion Time

50%

150% Completion Time

In 2021, 43% of students graduating from Special Focus Four-Year: Engineering Schools completed their program within 100% "normal time" (i.e. 4 years for a 4-year degree). Comparatively, 50% completed their degrees within 150% of the normal time, and 53% within 200%.

The following chart shows these completion rates over time compared to the average for the Special Focus Institutions Carnegie Classification group.

Graduation rate is defined as the percentage of full-time, first-time students who received a degree or award within a specific percentage of "normal time" to completion for their program.

Graduation Rate by Race and Sex

Showing demographic groups with ≥ 5 graduating students.

Two or More Races Female

Highest Graduation Rate (88.2%)

The student demographic with the highest graduation rate in 2021 at Special Focus Four-Year: Engineering Schools is Female and Two or More Races (88.2% graduation rate). Across all Special Focus Institutions, Asian Female students have the highest graduation rate (72.9%).

The department of education defines graduation rate as the percentage of full-time, first-time students who received a degree or award within 150% of "normal time" to completion.

The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) categorizes any student who is studying in the United States on a temporary basis as a "Non-Resident Alien", and the graduation rate of those students is shown in the chart below. Additionally, 1.8% of graduates (18 students) did not report their race.

Race & Ethnicity by Share

Most Common Student Race or Ethnicity (2021)

Hispanic or Latino
939 degrees awarded
White
929 degrees awarded
Asian
111 degrees awarded

The most common race/ethnicity at Special Focus Four-Year: Engineering Schools is hispanic or latino (939 degrees awarded). There were 1.01 times more hispanic or latino recipients than the next closest race/ethnicity group, white (929 degrees).

1.83% of degree recipients (43 students) did not report their race.

Race & Ethnicity by Sex

Most Common Sex Demographic (2021)

White Male
736 degrees awarded
Hispanic or Latino Male
709 degrees awarded
Hispanic or Latino Female
230 degrees awarded

The most common race/ethnicity and sex grouping at Special Focus Four-Year: Engineering Schools is white male (736 degrees awarded). There were 1.04 times more white male recipients than the next closest race/ethnicity group, hispanic or latino male (709 degrees).

Operations

Special Focus Four-Year: Engineering Schools has an endowment valued at nearly $86.6M, as of the end of the 2021 fiscal year. The return on its endowment was of 189M (218%) compared to the 4.56% average return (574k on 12.6M) across all Special Focus Institutions.

In 2021, Special Focus Four-Year: Engineering Schools had a total salary expenditure of 42.1M. Special Focus Four-Year: Engineering Schools employs 196 Associate professors, 167 Professors and 125 Assistant professors. Most academics at Special Focus Four-Year: Engineering Schools are Male Associate professor (138), Male Professor (129), and Male Assistant professor (80).

The most common positions for non-instructional staff at Special Focus Four-Year: Engineering Schools are: Management, with 231 employees, Office and Administrative Support, with 182 employees, and Computer, Engineering, and Science with 140 employees.

Endowment

$86.6M

2021 Endowment

23%

growth from 2020

Special Focus Four-Year: Engineering Schools has an endowment valued at about $86.6M, as of the end of the 2021 fiscal year. The endowment of Special Focus Four-Year: Engineering Schools grew 23% from the previous year. The value of their endowment was $74M higher than than the median endowment of Special Focus Institutions according to the Carnegie Classification grouping.

This line chart shows how the endowment at Special Focus Four-Year: Engineering Schools (in red) compares to that of some similar universities.

The small bar chart below shows the endowment quintiles for all universities in the Special Focus Four-Year: Engineering Schools Carnegie Classification grouping.

Government Grants and Contracts

Grants & Contracts

$24.2M - Federal
$2.87M - State
$91.7k - Local

As of 2021, Special Focus Four-Year: Engineering Schools received $24.2M in grants and contracts from the federal government, $2.87M from state grants and contracts, and $91.7k from local grants and contracts.

Salary Expenditure

$15.4M

2021 Salaries

1.43%

decline from 2020

In 2021, Special Focus Four-Year: Engineering Schools paid a median of $15.4M in salaries, which represents 36.5% of their overall expenditure ($42.1M) and a 1.43% decline from the previous year.

The median for similar Special Focus Institutions is 3.06M (42.8% of overall expenditures).

Instructional Salaries

$48.3M

Instructional Salaries

556

Number of Employees

In 2021, Special Focus Four-Year: Engineering Schools paid a total of $48.3M to 556 employees working as instructors, which represents 39.3% of all salaries paid.

This is compared to a median of $871k (28.4%) for similar Special Focus Institutions.

Occupations by Share

Associate professor

Most Common Instructor

196 Employees

Management

Most Common Non-Instructional Employee

231 Employees

In 2021, the most common positions for instructional staff at Special Focus Four-Year: Engineering Schools were Associate professor with 196 employees, Professor with 167 employees, and Assistant professor with 125 employees.

In 2021, the most common positions for non-instructional staff at Special Focus Four-Year: Engineering Schools were Management with 231 employees, Office and Administrative Support with 182 employees, and Computer, Engineering, and Science with 140 employees.

Instructors by Academic Rank and Sex

Most Common Demographic (2021)

Male Associate professor
Male Professor
Male Assistant professor

In 2021, the most common demographic for instructional staff at Special Focus Four-Year: Engineering Schools was Male Associate professor with 138 employees, Male Professor with 129 employees, and Male Assistant professor with 80 employees.

This chart shows the sex split between each academic rank present at Special Focus Four-Year: Engineering Schools.