MSOE FACTS

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 2006): 2,427 (full-time: 1,960; part-time: 467)

• Undergraduate: 2,203 (Full-time equivalent: 1,928)
  Full-time: 88%
  Part-time: 12%
  Men: 82%
  Women:18%
  Minorities: 10%

  Graduate: 224 (Full-time equivalent: 119)

  Full-time: 14%

  Part-time: 86%

  Men: 78%

  Women: 22%

  Minorities: 7%

  From Wisconsin: 69% (full-time undergraduates)

  International students: 51 students representing 18 countries

Degree Programs:

• Bachelor's: 17
  • Architectural Engineering
  • Biomedical 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:10
  • Cardiovascular Studies
  • Engineering
  • Engineering Management (and accelerated option)
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Marketing and Export Management
  • Medical Informatics (jointly offered with the Medical College of Wisconsin)
  • New Product Management
  • Nursing-Clinical Nurse Leadership
  • 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

• www.msoe.edu/admiss/intl/

Faculty focus on teaching

• Student-to-faculty ratio: 12-1
• Average class size (undergraduate): 19
• Average class size (graduate): 7
• Average laboratory experience (undergraduate): 600 hours
• Full-time faculty: 122
• Men (full-time) faculty: 95
• Women (full-time) faculty: 27
• Faculty with doctoral degrees: 83
• MSOE does not use teaching assistants

Annual costs (2006-2007)

• Undergraduate tuition: $24,960
• Double room and standard meal plan: $6,189
• Technology package (laptop): $1,140

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

Placement of graduates

• 98% (2005-06 graduates)
• Average starting salary: $49,500 (2005-06 graduates)

Alumni

• 57% live and/or work in Wisconsin
• More than 2,000 own a business or are officers of a company
• Alumni chapters: 26
• Active alumni: 17,000

Research
The Applied Technology Center^TM, 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:

• Rapid Prototyping Center
• Fluid Power Institute^TM
• Center for BioMolecular Modeling
• Photonics and Applied Optics Center
• Construction Science and Engineering Center
• Nano Engineering Laboratory
• Engineering Research Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power
• Biomedical Technology Alliance
• Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium
• Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership
• www.msoe.edu/research

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.

• bec.msoe.edu

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)
• www.msoe.edu/athletics

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

Excellent reputation
U.S. News & World Report (2008):

• MSOE ranked 10th Best Undergraduate College in the Midwest among colleges that focus on undergraduate education.
• MSOE ranks among the top colleges (whose highest degree is a bachelor's or master's) in this annual list:
  • Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs: 11th
  • Best Undergraduate Engineering Specialties: Industrial: 4th

Leadership

• President Hermann Viets, Ph.D., since 1991
• 50+ member Board of Regents
• 200+ member Corporate Board (business and professional leaders)
• Industrial advisory committee, each program

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