CSE: By the numbers
Fall 2021
Last updated Dec. 20, 2021
| 12 | Number of CSE academic departments |
| 20 | Number of CSE undergraduate majors |
| 24 | Number of CSE master's degree programs |
| 2,582 | Number of CSE graduate students |
| 5,602 | Number of CSE undergraduate students (largest in college history) |
| 2,338 | Total number of CSE women graduate and undergraduate students (28.5%—all-time high) |
| 1,807 | Total number of CSE graduate and undergraduate students of color (22%—all-time high) |
| 10,000+ | Number of CSE freshman applications |
| 1,453 | Number of incoming CSE freshman (largest incoming class in history) |
| 452 | Number of female freshman CSE students (31.1%) (all-time high) |
| 422 | Number of freshmen CSE students of color (29%) (all-time high) |
| 31.2 | Average composite ACT score for incoming CSE freshmen |
| 93.6 | Percent of CSE freshmen graduating in the top 25 percent of their high school class |
| 264 | Number of CSE transfer students |
| 90+ | Number of student groups in CSE |
| 1,000+ | Number of student groups at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities |
| 37 | Percent of the University of Minnesota Marching Band members who are CSE students (more than any other college at the University) |
| 82 | Percent of the CSE students who reported training outside the classroom |
| 68 | Percent of CSE students who completed an internship |
| 41 | Percent of CSE students who conducted research |
| 12 | Percent of CSE students who completed an engineering co-op |
| $300,000+ | Funds distributed to CSE students to support undergraduate research |
| 1,502 | Number of CSE bachelor’s degrees granted in 2020-21 (a 31 percent increase in the last 10 years) |
| 76 | Percent of CSE undergraduate students who graduate in four years (exceeded college goal) |
| 91 | Percent of new CSE bachelor degree grads who are employed or attending grad school within six months of graduation |
| $71,300 | Average starting salary for CSE bachelor's degree grads |
| 430 | Companies that hired CSE grads in 2019-20 |
| 570 | Companies that hosted CSE interns in 2019-20 |
| 73 | Percent of new CSE bachelor degree grads who are employed in Minnesota (85 percent Midwest) |
| 534 | Number of CSE master’s degrees granted in 2020-21 |
| 261 | Number of CSE doctoral degrees granted in 2020-21 |
| 427 | Number of CSE tenured and tenure-track faculty (Fall 2021) |
| 90+ | Percent of CSE undergraduate classes taught by long-term faculty |
| 26 | Number of CSE Regents professors (current and former faculty) |
| 38 | Number of CSE National Academy of Engineering faculty members (current and former faculty) |
| 26 | Number of CSE National Academy of Science faculty members (current and former faculty) |
| 14 | Number of CSE National Academy of Arts and Sciences faculty members |
| 779 | Number of invention disclosures generated by CSE faculty and students in the last five years |
| 479 | Number of patents generated by CSE faculty and students in the last five years |
| 51 | Number of start-up companies generated by CSE faculty and students in the last five years |
| $141 million | Research funding expenditures by CSE in FY21 |
| 624 | Successful CSE grant proposals in FY21 |
| 70,000+ | Number of living CSE alumni |
| $313 million | Funds raised by during the 10-year Driven. campaign to CSE support students, faculty and initiatives |
| 345 | Number of undergraduate student scholarship funds (up from 184 a decade ago) |
| 202 | Number of graduate student fellowship funds (up from 153 a decade ago) |
| 70 | Number of endowed professorships and chairs (up from 53 a decade ago) |
| 2,600 | Number of Minnesota companies founded by alumni |
| $46 billion | Annual revenue of Minnesota companies founded by CSE alumni |
| 4,150 | Number of worldwide companies founded by alumni |
| $90 billion | Annual revenue of companies worldwide founded by CSE alumni |
