AE welcomes large undergraduate and graduate classes

1/26/2016 Susan Mumm, Media Specialist

For the first time in decades, AE undergrad enrollment tops 500 students.

Written by Susan Mumm, Media Specialist

For the first time in decades, undergraduate enrollment at Aerospace Engineering at Illinois has surpassed 500 students this fall, and the graduate student number has doubled over the past 10 years.

AE welcomed 513 undergraduates, including 45 international students, and 161 graduate students, with 68 domestic and 93 international.

"Over the past 10 years or so, our graduate enrollment has grown by almost 100 percent both at the MS and PhD levels, while our undergraduate enrollment has gone from about 350 to more than 500 students," according to AE Department Head Philippe Geubelle.

AE undergraduate enrollment trends
AE undergraduate enrollment trends
AE undergraduate enrollment trends
AE graduate student enrollment trends
AE graduate student enrollment trends
AE graduate student enrollment trends


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This story was published January 26, 2016.