Program Data

First-Year Engineering and transfer students, as well as students already in the program are often interested in various aspects of our program, and request data on these topics.  Provided here are some of the most frequently requested pieces of information regarding our program.

Demographics

Percentage of Underrepresented Minority

AY IDES % MDE %
2009 10 3.6
2010   5.9
2011 10 5.4
2012   9.2
2013   6.4
2014   8.5
2015   7.3
2016   10.7
2017   12.3
2018   15.9
2019   38
2020   27.4
2021   TBA


This chart includes Hispanic, African-American, Multiple Race; does not include international or unknown/other.

Data Source: COE Student Enrollment Quick Reference


Graduation

AY IDES # MDE #
2012-13 4 19
2013-14 1 16
2014-15 1 23
2015-16 4 30
2016-17 9 15
2017-18 5 27
2018-19 8 43
2019-20 8 23
2020-21 10 26


Data Source: MDE Advising Office


Enrollment

AY IDES # MDE #
2010-11 7 70
2011-12 10 74
2012-13 3 86
2013-14 2 47
2014-15 3 59
2015-16 6 59
2016-17 7 56
2017-18 6 81
2018-19 7 88
2019-20 6 86
2020-21 8 94
2021-22 9 88

Reference Site - Data Source: COE Student Enrollment Quick Reference

Gender

  2019 2020 2021
Female 48 42 43
Male 55 52 52

AY Enrollment by Concentration: Multidisciplinary Engineering

  2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
ACST 17 22 15 19 19 19 13 13
ENMG 5 5 4 8 11 15 12 10
GENG 12 12 19 27 30 25 23 20
HUMN   2 4 2 3
LTNG 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0
NANO 2 0 0 0 2 3 4 4
THTR   7 12 12 8
VDEN 10 9 9 15 12 16 22 23
SELF 15 9 8 11 4 0 0 0

AY Enrollment by Concentration*: Interdisciplinary Engineering Studies

  2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
PMES 2 5 2 1 1 0 0 0
VDES 0 1 1  
SELF 1 0 4 5  
INTE 3 6 7 6  
ENSS   7 9 9 7


*Reported in the chart, VDES was discontinued after AY 2016, SELF and INTE were discontinued after AY 2017. 

Legend

ACST Acoustical Engineering - ENMG Engineering Management - ENSS Engineering Science Studies - GENG General Engineering - HUMN Humanitarian Engineering - INTE (IDES) Enrollment - LTNG Lighting Engineering - NANO Nano Engineering - PMES Pre-Med Engineering Studies - SELF Student Designed Plan of Study - THTR Theatre Engineering - VDEN Visual Design Engineering

Data Source: COE Student Enrollment Quick Reference


Employment and Salary

For the most current data, visit Purdue's Data Dashboard. Below is a screenshot of our Interdisciplinary Engineering Studies and Multidisciplinary data currently available. View Larger Image

Graduation Data for MDE and IDES Alumni

 


Last Updated June 2, 2022