A tour of the Valpo Solar Energy Research Facility

Graduate Placements

Valpo Engineering graduates work for some of the world’s best companies including: Caterpillar, Honeywell, NASA, Navistar, Toyota, U.S Steel, Cummings, John Deere, Texas Instruments, Motorola, and Chrysler.

Employment and graduate school

(as of Dec. 31 of each calendar year)

Academic yearNumber of Responding Graduated StudentsPlaced StudentsIn Grad SchoolPlaced: Employed or In Grad Schoolblank
Dates Total # % # % # %
2017-2018 95 82 86 7 7 89 94
2016-2017 110 98 89 9 8 107 97
2015-2016 87 73 84 12 14 85 98
2014-2015 67 50 79.4 10 15.9 60 95.3
2013-2014 52 41 79 11 21 52 100
2012-2013 61 50 81.9 9 14.8 59 96.7
2011-2012 58 51 87.9 4 6.9 55 94.8
2010-2011 665075.81624.266100
2009-201058427212215493
2008-20096149809155895
2007-200877617915197699

Placement does not include foreign national students who do not have a valid U.S. work permit.


Valpo Engineering graduates attend some of the world’s best graduate schools including: Northwestern, University of Minnesota, University of Michigan, Purdue, University of Illinois, Vanderbilt, and Georgia Tech.