18 Characteristics of Texas Public Doctoral Programs:
1	# of Degrees per year	FY 2006 - 1
		FY 2007 - 4
2	Graduation rates	FY 2006 :  Within 4 years
		FY 2007 :   Within 4 years - 1, Within 5 years - 2, Within 6 years - 1
3	Average time to degree	roughly 4.5 years
4	Employment profile	100% Employment:
		Kuchanur, MuthuKumar - Daniel B. Stephens & Associates, Inc - Albuquerque, NM
		Brown, Ronald - TAMUK, Kingsville, TX
		Cole, Christy - Hoechst Celanese, Dallas, TX
		Dyson, Brian - TAMUK, Kingsville, TX
		Hernandez, Annette - TAMUK, Kingsville, TX
5	Admission criteria	Unconditional Admission Criteria:
		Completed Bachelors Degree with the following additional requirements:
		1)  GRE (V+Q), minimum score of 1100 or (V+Q+A), minimum score of 1600
		2)  Minimum undergraduate GPA 3.0 based on all undergraduate course work
		3)  Leveling courses: Students from non-engineering backgrounds are evaluated on a case-by-case basis as to the need for leveling course work
		4)  International Students: minimum TOEFL score is 600
		Justifaction for admission exception to the above criteria will be determined by a graduate admission review committee formed of at least three Environmental Faculty.  Such exceptions will consider all applicant qualifications and may include, but is not limited to the one or more of the below additional applicant considerations.
		1)  Exceptional performance in undergraduate and graduate work
		2)  Environmental related working experience
		3)  Special contributions to a specific engineering field
		4)  Publications
		5)  Teaching experience
		6)  Letters of Recommendation
		7)  Professional Licensure
		8)  Relevant continuing education credits/certifications
		9)  Statement of interest
		These applicants may be considered for conditional admission by the committee because of the demonstration of one or more of these factors, which can be illustrative of success for doctoral level work.
		Since the program first began in 2002,  the data listed below begins there.
6	% of full-time students with financial support	FY02- 100%, FY03 - 95%, FY04 - 82%, FY05 - 93%, FY06 - 88%, FY07 - 89%
7	Average financial support provided	FY02 - $16,809 yrly, FY03 - $15,894 yrly, FY04 - $15,202 yrly, FY05 - $15,997 yrly, FY06 - $16,247 yrly, FY 07 - $16,232 yrly
8	Student-core faculty ratio	FY02  3:1,   FY03  3:1,   FY04  5:1,   FY05  6:1,   FY06  5:1,  FY07   4:1
9	Core faculty publications
		Dr. Kim D. Jones:  19 publications
		Dr. Kuruvilla John:  21 publications
		Dr. Alvaro Martinez: 11 publications
		Dr. Venkatesh Uddameri:  25 publications
		Dr. Jianhong Ren: 12 publications
		Dr. Lee Clapp: 5 publications
		Dr. David Ramirez:  18 publications
		Dr. Yifang Zhu: 3 publications
10	Core faculty external grants
		Dr. Kim D. Jones:  PI:  15 grants
		Dr. Kuruvilla John:  PI: 16 grants
		Dr. Alvaro Martinez: PI: 3 grants
		Dr. Venkatesh Uddameri:  PI: 14 grants
		Dr. Jianhong Ren: PI: 8 grants
		Dr. Lee Clapp: PI:  3 grants
		Dr. David Ramirez:  PI: 0 grants
		Dr. Yifang Zhu: PI: 1 grant
11	% full time students	FY02 = 15, FY03 = 19, FY04 = 29, FY05 = 31, FY06 = 33, FY07 = 27
12	# of Core faculty	FY02 = 5, FY03 = 6, FY04 = 7, FY05 = 6, FY06 = 6, FY07 = 8
13	Faculty Teaching Load	EVEN Faculty teach 1 core course and 1 Research (EVEN 6305) course
14	Faculty Diversity	Asian - 4, Hispanic - 2, White - 2
15	Student Diversity	Using Spring 2007 data:  30 PhD Students
		U.S.:    Asian American = 1, Hispanic American = 8, White American = 3
		International / Other:  Asian = 13, Hispanic = 4, Pacific Islander = 1
16	Date of last External Review	none
17	Program Accreditation	Environmental Engineering is not Accredited at this time
18	Student Publications / Presentations	responses from some of the students:
		Bandyopadhyay, Aditi = 0 publication / 1 presentation
		Cabezas, Jose = 1 publication / 11 presentations
		Curran, Trisha = 0 publications / 1 presentation
		Deshpande, Bela = 4 publications / 1 presentation
		Farooqui, Zuber = 1 publication / 9 presentations
		Gor, Prajay = 0 publications / 7 presentations
		Hernandez, Annette = 3 publications / 7 presentations
		Honnungar, Vivekanand = 2 publications / 1 presentation
		Rivas Cantu, Raul = 0 publications / 1 presentation
		Saleh, Nash-at = 0 publications / 1 presentation
		Santos, Sergio = 1 publication / 2 presentations
		Dyson, Brian = Graduated PhD = 6 publications / 11 presentations