VT ECE Quick Metrics

Fourth-Largest ECE Department in the United States

129 Teaching and Research Faculty comprised of:

• 82 Tenured/tenure-track faculty
• 18 Research faculty
• 14 Collegiate Faculty
• 11 Postdoctoral associates
• 3 Instructors
  
• 1 Professor of Practice

Faculty Honors

• 31 IEEE Fellows
• 9 Fellows in 5 other societies
• 4 members of the National Academy of Engineering
• > 22 NSF Career awardees
• 3 University Distinguished Professors
• 4 DoD YIP awardees
• 1 Sloan Research Fellow
• 1 DOE Early Career Awardee
• 14 of the top 100 most cited researchers at Virginia Tech are in ECE.

Emphasis on Research

• 8th in the US for Research Expenditures by NSF HERD 2020 survey ($62.3M).
• 3 out of the top 10, and 5 out of the top 20 Virginia Tech faculty with the most FY21 research expenditures.

Current Rankings

Graduate

No. T4 — US News Best Global Universities for Electrical and Electronic Engineering in the United States

No. T19 — US News & World Report Graduate Programs (EE)

No. T18 — US News & World Report Graduate Programs (CPE)

Undergraduate

No. 16 — US News & World Report Undergraduate (Virginia Tech College of Engineering Ranking)

No. T15 — US News & World Report Undergraduate Programs (EE)

No. 25 — US News & World Report Undergraduate Programs (CPE)

Total Enrollments

• 1,090 B.S.
• 319 M.S.
• 309 Ph.D.
  

Degrees Conferred

• 288  B.S.
• 109 M.S./MEng
• 51 Ph.D.
• Total of 448 degrees conferred in 2021-2022