Purdue ECE adds more than 400 new alumni during Spring 2022 commencement
More than 400 students earned degrees from the Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering during Purdue University’s Spring 2022 commencement. That includes 211 who earned a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering and 142 in electrical engineering. On the graduate side of things, Purdue ECE awarded 78 degrees – 53 MSECE and 25 PhD ECE.
In addition to the traditional commencement ceremonies, these students were honored at a reception under a tent near the Engineering Fountain. The event welcomed more than 500 of Purdue ECE’s newest alumni and their family members, and featured catered appetizers and a gift for each graduating student.
A separate event was held at Wang Hall for a group of students who received their degrees from Purdue College of Engineering’s online master’s program. In total, the College produced 83 online master’s graduates during the 2022 spring commencement, which includes 11 who earned their MSEE from the Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
“Learning is not restricted to one age group or one location,” said Mung Chiang, the John A. Edwardson Dean of the College of Engineering and Purdue executive vice president for strategic initiatives. “Purdue Engineering is proud of our thousands of online students taking the high-quality, innovative courses, and we congratulate those receiving their master’s degrees today on their persistence in learning.”
Purdue Engineering, which has been offering distance education opportunities for more than 60 years, attributes its online growth in recent years to the exceptional faculty and students, quality of the curriculum, support coaches and staff, micro-credential options, flexibility and affordability, and the foundation provided by Purdue Online, said Dimitrios Peroulis, Purdue’s Michael and Katherine Birck Head of the Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and special advisor to the dean of engineering on online learning.
“We are very proud of the achievements of our online Engineering students. All of our online MS programs enable students to take the same courses from the same instructors and earn the same quality degrees as their on-campus peers,” Peroulis said. “We are confident that the advanced skills and abilities they developed through their graduate studies at Purdue will empower them to pursue many key opportunities in the future.”
Online master’s students have many innovative choices such as the interdisciplinary MSE/MS and dual MSE-MBA programs. Recently created majors include engineering education and nuclear engineering. Graduate students also can choose from a variety of specialty certificates in areas like reliability and decision making, quantum technology, applied heat transfer and digital signal processing. Students also can pursue innovative majors and credentials in semiconductors and microelectronics fully online.
U.S. News & World Report consistently has ranked Purdue’s online engineering programs among the best in the nation. For both 2021 and 2022, Purdue has remained in the No. 1 spot for electrical engineering, as well as industrial engineering and mechanical engineering. Additionally, in 2022, engineering management rose to No. 1, and civil engineering kept its No. 2 spot. Collectively, online master’s programs in the College of Engineering rank No. 3 among 112 colleges and universities considered for ranking in the U.S.
Source: Graduates from No. 3 online engineering master's program join Spring Commencement