ABET Accreditation - UAA College of Engineering

What Is ABET, Inc. Accreditation?

ABET, Inc. accreditation is assurance that a college or university program meets the quality standards established by the profession for which it prepares its students. For example, an accredited engineering program must meet the quality standards set by the engineering profession. ABET, Inc. accredits postsecondary degree-granting programs housed within regionally accredited institutions. They accredit programs only, not degrees, departments, colleges, or institutions.

Within UAA's College of Engineering, the following undergraduate programs  are accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, . Click on the links for each program to access the program's educational objectives and student learning outcomes.

Accredited by the Applied and Natural Science Accreditation Commission of ABET,  :

Accredited by the Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET, :

Enrollment Data and Graduation Rate for the ABET, Inc. accredited programs

ABET, Inc. requires that all accredited programs post their enrollment and graduation rate data.  Below are the figures for our programs, as provided by UAA Institutional Research.  The enrollment figures are for Fall semester of each year:

Enrollments: Fall Head Counts (including pre-majors)

 Program Fall 17 Fall 18 Fall 19 Fall 20 Fall 21
 Fall 22
BS Civil Engineering 219 222 206 154 136 107
BS Computer Science 205 213 201 175 200 221
BS Computer Systems Engineering 69 52 63 44 41 43
BS Electrical Engineering 124 118 123 104 101 71
BS Mechanical Engineering 327 299 268 232 210 186
BS Geomatics 83 73 53 43 38 50

Degrees Awarded

 Program AY18  AY19 AY20 AY21 AY22
BS Civil Engineering 29 37 24 24 23
 BS Computer Science 18 22 23 21 19
 BS Computer Systems Engineering 6 2 4 5 1
 BS Electrical Engineering 11 17 22 10 16
 BS Mechanical Engineering 52 45 52 33 27
 BS Geomatics 18 17 12 10 3

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