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Affiliation: independent, non-profit

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 2007): 2,516 (full-time: 2,087; part-time: 429)

  • Undergraduate: 2,317 (Full-time equivalent: 2,167)
    Full-time: 89%
    Part-time: 11%
    Men: 81%
    Women:19%
    Minorities: 10%
  • Graduate: 199 (Full-time equivalent: 96)
    Full-time: 11%
    Part-time: 89%
    Men: 79%
    Women: 21%
    Minorities: 5%
  • From Wisconsin: 70% (full-time undergraduates)
  • International students: 49 students representing 16 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

Faculty focus on teaching

  • Student-to-faculty ratio: 12-1
  • Average class size (undergraduate): 20
  • Average class size (graduate): 8
  • Average laboratory experience (undergraduate): 600 hours
  • Full-time faculty: 119
  • Men (full-time) faculty: 91
  • Women (full-time) faculty: 28
  • Faculty with doctoral degrees: 83
  • MSOE does not use teaching assistants

Annual costs (2007-2008)

  • Undergraduate tuition: $25,980
  • Double room and standard meal plan: $6,501
  • Technology package (laptop): $1,140

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

Placement of graduates

  • 98% (2006-07 graduates)
  • Average starting salary: $51,506 (2006-07 graduates)

Alumni

  • 62% live and/or work in Wisconsin
  • More than 2,400 own a business or are officers of a company
  • Alumni chapters: 26
  • Active alumni: 18,000

Research
The Applied Technology CenterTM, 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 InstituteTM
  • 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
  • Research at MSOE

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.

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)
  • MSOE 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

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