became president and treasurer, respectively. Milwaukee School of Engineering has a total undergraduate enrollment of 2,675, with a gender distribution of 74 percent male students and 26 percent female students.
Obtaining full institutional accreditation from the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools (NCA) began in 1950, and approval of accreditation was granted in 1971. By the time of the school's 50th anniversary in 1953, enrollment reached 2,300 students from 48 states and 30 foreign countries. With the beginning of the Space Race as well as emphasis on technological education, many classes at MSOE upgraded their technology and their programs. The school partnered with WISN-TV and WISN (AM) to create programming centered around science and promoting their school.
MSOE's logo was designed by industrial engineer Brooks Stevens's firm for the school's 1978 diamond jubilee.
=== Presidents ===
Oscar Werwath, 1903–1948
Karl Werwath, 1948–1977
Robert R. Spitzer, 1977–1991
Hermann Viets, 1991–2015
John …
