Facts & Stats

Duke ECE: at a Glance

  • 32 tenured or tenure-track faculty
  • $21.2 million in new research awards, FY 2017
  • 151 PhD students
  • 83 Master's students
  • 217 Undergraduate students
  • 85 BSE graduates in 2016-2017 (May graduates, ECE first major only)

Rankings

  • #1 in U.S. faculty research productivity in computer engineering and #8 in electrical engineering (Academic Analytics 2015 - published Dec. 2016)
  • #7 in the U.S. in electrical engineering (College Factual)
  • Top 10 Best School for Engineering Majors by Salary Potential (Payscale.com)
  • #17 computer engineering graduate program, as ranked by U.S. News & World Report (2019)
  • #25 electrical engineering graduate program, as ranked by U.S. News & World Report (2019)
  • Pratt is in the Top 10 Graduate Engineering Programs Popular with Women by U.S. News & World Report (2016)
  • Duke is #5 on Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education's College Rankings 2018
  • Duke is #11 on Reuter's list of the 100 Most Innovative Universities in the World (Reuters.com)

Undergraduate Program

  • Average graduating class of 69 (2013–2017)
  • Double majors with Computer Science, Physics, Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Economics
  • Duke, Pratt, Chambers Fellowship award winners
  • SmartHome, Electric Car, Robotics competitions engage early in research
  • A Duke student can do a minor in ECE

Graduate Program

  • 68 MS students
  • 151 PhD students
  • 15 MEng students
  • Funding sources are DOD, NSF, NIH, SRC, industry and other foundations
  • Students eligible for highly competitive Duke University and Pratt School of Engineering fellowships