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FACTS & FIGURES
A critical shortage for tomorrow's industry.
Did you know
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- 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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