Penn State College of Engineering

40°48′12″N 77°51′58″W / 40.80345°N 77.86612°W / 40.80345; -77.86612

College of Engineering
TypePublic
Established1896
DeanJustin Schwartz
Location, ,
CampusSuburban
Websiteengr.psu.edu

The Penn State College of Engineering is the engineering school of the Pennsylvania State University, headquartered at the University Park campus in University Park, Pennsylvania. It was established in 1896, under the leadership of George W. Atherton. Today, with 13 academic departments and degree programs,[1] over 11,000 enrolled undergraduate and graduate students (8,166 at the University Park campus, and 3,059 at other campuses),[1] and research expenditures of $124 million for the 2016-2017 academic year,[1] the Penn State College of Engineering is in the top 20 of engineering schools in the United States.[2] It is estimated that at least one out of every fifty engineers in the United States got their bachelor's degree from Penn State.[3] Dr. Justin Schwartz currently holds the position of Harold and Inge Marcus Dean of Engineering.[4]

  1. ^ a b c "Penn State Engineering Facts and Figures". Penn State. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
  2. ^ Robert Morse, Eric Brooks, Kenneth Hines, and Daniel Lara-Agudelo, U.S. News & World Report (March 28, 2022). "2023 Best Engineering Schools". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved July 18, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "College of Engineering". PSU. Archived from the original on October 6, 2011. Retrieved April 7, 2011.
  4. ^ "Justin Schwartz, Harold and Inge Marcus Dean of Engineering". Penn State. Retrieved March 15, 2018.