4 Year Graduation Rate - Engineering

ickglue
Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:36:30 +0000

The engineering 4 year graduation rate is impacted by not only class availability, but also greatly affected by self-elected internships and co-ops.

Since most engineering students choose to partake in some form of co-op which typically lasts 2 quarters, they will invariably missed either Fall or Spring. This easily leads to them being delayed by 2 quarters due to being out of sync with class sequence.

But considering today’s lousy job market, graduating in 4 years without engineering co-op or internship experience may severely hinder the graduate’s ability to secure a solid engineering job; since many co-op students ended up getting offers from their employers.

So the question is whether graduating in 4 years is more crucial than gaining professional experience while in school.