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Fourth-Largest ECE Department in the United States

140 Teaching Faculty comprised of:

• 81 tenured/tenure-track faculty
• 6 Professors of Practice
• 2 Instructors
• 10 Collegiate Faculty
• 41 Research Faculty

Faculty Honors

• 30 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
• 15 of the top 100 most cited researchers at Virginia Tech are in ECE.

Emphasis on Research

• Ranked seventh in the United States for research expenditures by NSF HERD 2019 survey ($60.8M).
• 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. 13 — ShanghaiRanking's United States Ranking of Academic Subjects (EE)

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

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

Undergraduate

No. 13 — US News & World Report Undergraduate (Virginia Tech College of Engineering Ranking)

No. 18 — US News & World Report Undergraduate Programs (EE)

No. 19 — US News & World Report Undergraduate Programs (CPE)

Total Enrollments

• 1,101 B.S.
• 207 M.S.
• 301 Ph.D.
  
  457 incoming sophomores in 2020 (62% CPE)

Degrees Conferred

• 312 B.S.
• 106 M.S./MEng
• 46 Ph.D.
• Total of 464 degrees conferred in 2019-2020.