Engineering: Georgia Tech vs Duke vs Cornell

Sam_Lee
Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:58:09 +0000

One reason for the “low” 4-year grad rate is due to the co-op program. At Northwestern, the participation rate is 30% or so; I think the participation rate is higher at GT. Like the one at NU, the co-op at GT alternates semesters between on-campus study and full-time employment. This is unlike other so-called co-op that’s more like a summer internship.

At Northwestern, the retention rate for female students was 95% (2001) and the rate for URM was 79% (2000).

[Engineering Career Day Challenges Young Women: Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences : Northwestern University](http://www.iems.northwestern.edu/news/article5.html)