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Quick Facts
Affiliation: independent, non-profit

Founded: 1903

Campus: 15 acres, downtown Milwaukee

Residence Halls: 903 students

  • Margaret Loock Hall: 400 students
  • Roy W. Johnson Hall: 415 students
  • Regents Hall: 88 students

Student enrollment (Fall 2008): 2,622 (full-time: 2,182; part-time: 440)

  • Undergraduate: 2,418 (Full-time equivalent: 2,269)
    Full-time: 90%
    Part-time: 10%
    Men: 82%
    Women: 18%
    Minorities: 9%
  • Graduate: 204 (Full-time equivalent: 98)
    Full-time: 6%
    Part-time: 94%
    Men: 75%
    Women: 25%
    Minorities: 6%
  • From Wisconsin: 68% (full-time undergraduates)
  • International students: 60 students representing 14 countries

Degree Programs:

  • Bachelor's: 18
    • Architectural Engineering
    • Biomedical Engineering
    • BioMolecular Engineering 
    • Business
    • Computer Engineering
    • Construction Management
    • Electrical Engineering
    • Electrical Engineering Technology (transfer program only)
    • Engineering (part-time and transfer program only)
    • Industrial Engineering
    • International Business
    • Management (transfer program only)
    • Management Information Systems
    • Mechanical Engineering
    • Mechanical Engineering Technology (transfer program only)
    • Nursing
    • Software Engineering
    • Technical Communication
  • Master's: 9
    • Cardiovascular Studies
    • Engineering
    • Engineering Management (and accelerated option)
    • Environmental Engineering
    • Marketing and Export Management
    • Medical Informatics (offered jointly with the Medical College of Wisconsin)
    • New Product Management
    • Perfusion
    • Structural Engineering
  • Double major options available that combine two undergraduate degrees
  • Dual degree (five-year) programs available that combine a B.S. in specific engineering disciplines and an M.S. in environmental engineering or structural engineering

International study programs: Lübeck, Germany; Prague, Czech Republic; Manipal, India

Faculty focus on teaching

  • Student-to-faculty ratio: 12-1
  • Average class size (undergraduate): 20
  • Average class size (graduate): 8
  • Average laboratory experience (undergraduate): 600 hours
  • Full-time faculty: 130
  • Men (full-time) faculty: 96
  • Women (full-time) faculty: 34
  • Faculty with doctoral degrees: 94
  • MSOE does not use teaching assistants

Annual costs (2008-2009)

  • Undergraduate tuition: $27,300 (before financial aid)
  • Double room and standard meal plan: $7,164
  • Technology package (laptop): $1,140

Financial assistance: 99% of full-time students receive financial aid

Placement of graduates

  • 98% (2007-08 graduates)
  • Average starting salary: $52,573 (2007-08 graduates)

Alumni

  • 63% live and/or work in Wisconsin
  • More than 2,400 own a business or are officers of a company
  • Alumni chapters: 26
  • Active alumni: 18,000

Research
The Applied Technology CenterTM, MSOE's professional education and research arm, is involved in the development and transfer of new technologies into real business and industry practice. Major centers of excellence and cooperative ventures include:

  • Center for BioMolecular Modeling
  • Clinical Translational Science Institute
  • Construction Science and Engineering Center
  • Engineering Research Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power
  • Fluid Power InstituteTM
  • Nano Engineering Laboratory
  • Photonics and Applied Optics Center
  • Professional Education
  • Rapid Prototyping Center
  • Research Experience for Teachers
  • Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
  • SMART Teams
  • Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium
  • Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership
  • Women in Technology
  • Research at MSOE

Business Excellence Consortium
A group of organizations, the BEC works in professional coaching, training (Lean, Six Sigma, project management, executive leadership), implementation plans, a knowledge network, research and development and placement services.

Athletics

  • Nickname: Raiders
  • Mascot: Roscoe Raider (pirate)
  • NCAA Division III
  • 21 men's and women's intercollegiate
  • Intramural and club sports
  • The 210,000 square-foot Kern Center (health, wellness and fitness facility)
  • MSOE Athletics

Student organizations
More than 70 organizations including academic, fraternities and sororities, government, multicultural, professional, special interest, service.

Excellent reputation

The Princeton Review:

  • "Best Midwestern College"
U.S. News & World Report (2009):
  • MSOE ranked 7th Best Undergraduate College in the Midwest among colleges that focus on undergraduate education. 
  • MSOE's undergraduate engineering programs ranked 11th best overall among the top colleges whose highest degree is a bachelor's or master's.
Forbes.com
  • One of "America's Best Colleges" 

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