<p>Does anyone have an idea of what the freshman engineering retention rate is at OSU? What percentage of engineering students don’t make it to the beginning of their sophomore year? Any help or insight would be appreciated.</p>
<p>My son is finishing his first year in honors engineering and I think they have maybe 430 kids that started in honors engineering in August 09 (it is their largest honors group yet). I don’t know how many will continue but my son will. His friends are continuing although he knows some in the non-honors program who have changed their majors in and out of engineering over the past two years. </p>
<p>Here is some engineering info from OSU’s site:</p>
<p>First to second year retention in the College of Engineering now exceeds 85% compared to the national average for freshmen retention of college students is 77%, last year there were nearly 1,100 new first quarter freshmen in engineering. </p>
<p>This fall, the College of Engineering welcomed one of the largest and brightest classes in university history. </p>
<p>BS degrees in Engineering granted Academic years # of degrees
2008-2009 739
2007-2008 745
2006-2007 796
2005-2006 824 </p>
<p>2009 Engineering Class Profile
Freshmen engineering enrollment is 6% minority (Native American, African, African American, Hispanic) and 20% female, allowing for the largest number of B.S. degrees granted to minority and women in Ohio
Over 90 percent of our admitted students ranked in the top quarter of their graduating class
Over 30 percent of admitted students ranked in the top 10 percent of their graduating class.
ACT score range, middle 50 percent 25-30 compared to the national average of 21
SAT score range (Critical Reading and Math only), middle 50 percent 1160-1340 compared to the national average 1017
Faculty
282 full-time engineering and architecture faculty members
10 National Academy of Engineering members
Ohio State University Enrollment, 2009, Columbus Campus
Undergraduate students: 41,348
Graduate students: 10,385
Professional students: 3,281
College of Engineering Enrollment, 2009
Undergraduate Engineering: 4,976</p>
<p>Thank you RMGsmom! That is exactly the information I was looking for. It seems some colleges are prouder of their retention rates than others…and it would seem that TOSU has every right to be proud.</p>