Engineering programs that pay off the most for for lower income students

theloniusmonk
Sun, 01 Sep 2019 20:00:38 +0000

“Purdue gets a bad rap from some about their competitive transition to major program but, 92% of students starting in engineering graduate from engineering (and that number is climbing).”
I think that 92% number is the first year retention rate. The Engineering FYE is 89%, which is good for sure but the 4-year engineering grad rate is 46% and including 9% that transfer in from other majors gives a total retention of 55%. The 6-year grad rate is probably more relevant as you point since lot of kids do co-ops and work study, and that is 68% for students that started and 16% transfer giving 84%. I would consider the 46% and 68% numbers a little concerning, at least enough to figure out what’s going on.

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