Accreditation

WHY DOES ACCREDITATION MATTER?

Accreditation provides assurance that a collegiate program meets the quality standards necessary to produce graduates who are ready to enter their professions in the global workforce. Students who graduate from accredited programs have access to enhanced opportunities in areas such as employment, mobility, and providing a positive impact on society.

ABET accreditation is voluntary. The organization currently accredits 4,674 programs in applied and natural science, computing, engineering, and engineering technology programs at 920 colleges and universities in 42 countries worldwide. More than 200,000 students graduate from ABET-accredited programs each year and millions of graduates have received degrees from ABET-accredited programs since 1932. Graduates of ABET-accredited programs have a solid educational foundation and are capable of leading the way in innovation, emerging technologies, and in anticipating the welfare and safety needs of the public.

ACCREDITED PROGRAMS

The following programs at UTA are accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, https://www.abet.org, under the commission's General Criteria and the Program Criteria for each: 

The program in Computer Science is accredited by the Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET and the program in Construction Management Program by the Applied and Natural Science Accreditation Commission of ABET.

The new undergraduate program in Resource and Energy Engineering will seek ABET accreditation as soon as it is eligible to do so.

Undergraduate Degrees Granted by Academic Year

Major 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24
Aerospace Engineering 44 60 66 62 41 45 49
Architectural Engineering 3 5 9 27 21 29 27
Biomedical Engineering 28 54 59 61 54 60 44
Civil Engineering 80 97 107 104 100 91 121
Computer Engineering 20 40 45 38 27 33 42
Computer Science 105 121 153 192 214 179 165
Construction Management (Added 2017) 6 25 55 74 82 115
Electrical Engineering 70 61 88 86 55 64 57
Industrial Engineering 38 72 24 34 27 33 48
Mechanical Engineering 121 131 150 157 133 116 106
Software Engineering 38 26 51 53 65 52 55

Undergraduate Enrollments by Academic Year

Major 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25
Aerospace Engineering 415 451 538 580 547 584 612 733
Architectural Engineering 55 103 120 158 164 174 175 227
Biomedical Engineering 225 310 336 328 279 275 263 298
Civil Engineering 461 508 506 528 570 552 523 531
Computer Engineering 299 294 318 281 317 342 368 305
Computer Science 675 857 1040 1111 1168 1334 1540 1752
Construction Management 51 128 202 266 341 391 443 497
Electrical Engineering 396 410 446 425 398 423 444 535
Industrial Engineering 160 130 145 164 174 164 165 159
Mechanical Engineering 773 864 968 934 840 767 835 946
Software Engineering 199 211 268 298 318 369 431 438