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, http://www.abet.org/. Click on the links for each program to access the program's educational objectives and student learning outcomes.
- BS Civil Engineering
- BS Computer Systems Engineering
- BS Electrical Engineering
- BS Mechanical Engineering
Accredited by the Applied and Natural Science Accreditation Commission of ABET, https://www.abet.org/:
Accredited by the Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET, https://www.abet.org/:
- BS Computer Science (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 |
For more information on ABET, Inc. accreditation, visit:
- Main Page: http://www.abet.org
- UAA Page: https://amspub.abet.org/aps/