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New Faculty Orientation 2010 Spring Career Fair John F. Carney III August 16, 2011. Vision. Missouri University of Science and Technology will be recognized as one of the top five technological research universities in the nation. U.S. Technological Research Universities. WPI. RPI.
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New Faculty Orientation 2010 Spring Career Fair John F. Carney III August 16, 2011
Vision Missouri University of Science and Technology will be recognized as one of the top five technological research universities in the nation.
U.S. Technological Research Universities WPI RPI Michigan Tech Clarkson Univ MIT SD School of Mines Illinois Inst. of Tech New JerseyInstitute of Tech Colorado School of Mines Missouri S&T CalTech New Mexico Inst Mining & Tech Stevens Institute of Technology GeorgiaTech U of A - Huntsville Florida Institute of Technology
Technological Research Universities • Quality indicators • ACT 75th percentile • Freshman retention rate • Six-year graduation rate • National merit scholars • National academy members • Total research expenditures per faculty • Ph.D’s awarded per faculty • Ratio of doctoral degrees to graduate degrees • Student faculty ratio • Alumni giving participation rate
Rankings Combined Rank Mean • California Institute of Technology 1.9 1 • Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2.72 • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 4.0 3 • Georgia Institute of Technology 4.1 4 • Missouri University of Science and Technology 7.7 5 • Michigan Technological University 8.0 6 • Colorado School of Mines 8.1 7 • Worcester Polytechnic Institute 8.6 8 • Stevens Institute of Technology 8.79 • Clarkson University 8.9 10 • Illinois Institute of Technology 9.411 • New Mexico Inst of Mining & Technology 10.512 • New Jersey Institute of Technology 11.713 • South Dakota School of Mines & Technology 11.9 14 • University of Alabama in Huntsville 12.4 15 • Florida Institute of Technology 12.415
Value of a Missouri S&T Education • S&T is one of the top technological research universities in the United States • Average starting salary of an S&T bachelor’s degree graduate is the second highest of any public college or university in the United States • The benefit/cost ratio of an S&T education is one of the highest in the United States • QUALITY must be protected
State Appropriations per FTE Student have declined 28% over 10 years $10,462 $7,510 OPEN – FIN – INFO 4
S&T Rank in Awarding Engineering DegreesAmerican Society for Engineering Education, 2010 • 19th in the nation in the number of engineering bachelor’s degrees awarded • 16th in the nation in the number of engineering bachelor’s degrees awarded to women • 17th in the number of engineering bachelor’s degrees awarded to African-Americans
Freshmen DemographicsIncoming Class of 2011 • 1,120 new first-time freshmen • 360 new transfer students • 29 states represented • +6 foreign countries represented • Average ACT is 27.8 • Upper 10% in nation
Freshman DemographicsIncoming Class of 2010 • 78% men • 22% women • 11% minority students • 79% Missouri residents • 20% out-of-state • 1% international • 24% first-generation college students • 18 years old is the average age
Recent Campus Construction