FACTS & FIGURES

A critical shortage for tomorrow's industry.
Did you know…?

  • Each engineering job in the United States
    generates five to six additional jobs.
  • Europe produces roughly three times as
    many engineering graduates as the U.S.
    each year. Asia produces almost five times
    as many.
  • Female students make up only 17 percent of the
    current engineering enrollment at
    U.S. colleges and universities.
  • Less than two percent of U.S. high school
    graduates will earn an engineering degree.
  • African-American and Hispanic students
    represent fewer than 14 percent of engineering
    enrollment nationwide.
  • Less than 15 percent of high school graduates
    have enough math and science to pursue
    scientific/technical degrees in college.
  • Five years after graduation, 80 percent
    of engineering graduates are working in other fields.
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