What Do We Like To Study?
Most Popular Majors
Least Popular Majors
Policies
Graduation Policy:
- The minimun GPA that a student needs to maintain in order to graduate is 2.00.
Academic Calendar
Academic Calendar System:
- Semester System (two terms comprise academic year)
New student orientation:
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Orientation for new students is held in August.
Graduate Career Data
Percentage of graduates who pursue further study:
- 55% continue immediately.
List of graduate schools most often selected by our recent graduates:
- Caltech, Carnegie Mellon University, Cornell University, University of Illinois/Urbana-Champaign,
- Johns Hopkins University, MIT, Stanford University, UC Berkeley, University of Wisconsin at Madison.
45% of our graduates choose careers in business and industry.
Firms that most frequently hire our graduates:
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Andersen Consulting, Hewlett-Packard, Hughes, Jet Propulsion Lab, Lawrence
Livermore Labs, Lockheed, Microsoft, Qualcomm, SRI International, Teradyne.
Most prominent alumni/ae:
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George "Pinky" Nelson, physicist and space shuttle astronaut/crew member;
Frederick Sontag, owner and president, Unison Industries; Michael G.
Wilson, director of James Bond films; Dr. Kenneth Brown, heart surgeon.