Accreditation

The Electrical Engineering Program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, https://www.abet.org, under the commission’s General Criteria and Program Criteria for Electrical, Computer, Communications, Telecommunication(s) and Similarly Named Engineering Programs.

The Computer Engineering Program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, https://www.abet.org, under the commission’s General Criteria and Program Criteria for Electrical, Computer, Communications, Telecommunication(s) and Similarly Named Engineering Programs.

The Cyber Security Engineering Program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, https://www.abet.org, under the commission’s General Criteria and Program Criteria for Cybersecurity and Similarly Named Engineering Programs.

Undergraduate Program Educational Objectives

The program educational objectives for the electrical, computer, and cyber security engineering programs describe accomplishments that graduates are expected to attain within five years after graduation. Graduates will have applied their expertise to contemporary problem solving, be engaged professionally, have continued to learn and adapt, and have contributed to their organizations through leadership and teamwork. More specifically, the objectives are expertise, engagement, learning, leadership and teamwork. See more details of the program educational objectives.

Student Outcomes

Student outcomes describe what students are expected to know and be able to do by the time of graduation. These relate to the skills, knowledge, and behaviors that students acquire as they progress through the program. The following are the student outcomes of the electrical, computer, and cyber security engineering programs at Iowa State University.

The student outcomes of the electrical, computer, and cyber security engineering programs at Iowa State University are identical to the ABET 1-7 student outcomes. See more details of the student outcomes.

Map to Curriculum

Courses by major

Undergraduate Enrollment and Graduation Data:
Computer Engineering and Electrical Engineering

Academic year Fall Enrollment   Annual Graduation Data
  Computer
Engineering
Electrical
Engineering
Cyber Security Engineering Computer
Engineering
Electrical
Engineering
Cyber Security Engineering
2023-2024 464 477 186
2022-2023 479 483 187 85 113 29
2021-2022 481 495 119 114 104 11
2020-2021 565 512 119 55 44 13
2019-2020 696 539 76 151 119 3
2018-2019 800 557 125 132

Assessment ToolsThe tools used to assess the attainment of the student outcomes for the Computer Engineering program and the Electrical Engineering program are available at the following links:

Iowa State University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.

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