Cullen College Quick Facts
College enrollment figures include undergraduate engineering majors who have not declared majors and graduate students concentrating in interdisciplinary programs. These students are not reflected in department totals.
207*
Faculty
*Faculty figure represents tenured/tenure-track faculty members.
2121
Graduate Students
7869
Undergraduate Students
20000+
Alumni
$50M+
Research Expenditures
Degrees Awarded
(FY 2024)
1397
B.S.
627
M.S.
97
Ph.D.
2121
Total
Named a Best Grad School for Engineering 2025 by U.S. News & World Report
#72
in Best Engineering Schools
#7
in Petroleum Engineering
#31
in Chemical Engineering
#44
in Industrial / Systems Engineering
#68
in Mechanical Engineering
#72
in Environmental Engineering
#73
in Civil Engineering
#79
in Computer Engineering
#83
in Materials Engineering
#84
in Biomedical Engineering
#90
in Electrical Engineering
OUR VISION
To become a “Top 50” engineering program as defined by U.S. News and World Report in support of the University of Houston’s Tier One initiative.
Departmental Quick Facts
Undergraduate Enrollment, Fall 2024
| Biomedical Engineering | 265 |
| Chemical Engineering | 370 |
| Civil & Environmental Engineering | 473 |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | 1,128 |
| Industrial & Systems Engineering | 154 |
| Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering | 1,194 |
| Petroleum Engineering | 70 |
| Total | 3,654 |
Masters Enrollment, Fall 2024
| Biomedical Engineering | 50 |
| Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering | 47 |
| Civil & Environmental Engineering | 49 |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | 158 |
| Data Science | 300 |
| Industrial & Systems Engineering | 160 |
| Materials Engineering | 9 |
| Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering | 139 |
| Petroleum Engineering | 30 |
| Total | 942 |
Doctoral Enrollment, Fall 2024
| Biomedical Engineering | 81 |
| Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering | 171 |
| Civil & Environmental Engineering | 81 |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | 147 |
| Industrial & Systems Engineering | 29 |
| Materials Engineering | 47 |
| Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering | 118 |
| Petroleum Engineering | 64 |
| Total | 738 |
Undergraduate Degrees Awarded, FY 2024
| Biomedical Engineering | 53 |
| Chemical Engineering | 99 |
| Civil Engineering | 59 |
| Computer Engineering | 46 |
| Electrical Engineering | 94 |
| Industrial Engineering | 37 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 218 |
| Petroleum Engineering | 15 |
| Total | 621 |
Masters Degrees Awarded, FY 2024
| Biomedical Engineering | 27 |
| Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering | 10 |
| Civil Engineering | 16 |
| Computer Engineering | 55 |
| Engineering Data Science | 101 |
| Electrical Engineering | 42 |
| Environmental Engineering | 7 |
| Industrial Engineering | 95 |
| Materials Engineering | 8 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 36 |
| Petroleum Engineering | 11 |
| Total | 408 |
Doctoral Degrees Awarded, FY 2024
| Biomedical Engineering | 13 |
| Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering | 11 |
| Civil Engineering | 3 |
| Computer Engineering | 4 |
| Electrical Engineering | 19 |
| Environmental Engineering | 3 |
| Industrial Engineering | 2 |
| Materials Engineering | 5 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 7 |
| Petroleum Engineering | 12 |
| Total | 79 |