Freshman - Senior retention rate

concerned123
Sun, 11 Apr 2010 08:31:13 +0000

Ok, so to those of you who think 50% is a good rule of thumb - why? Does anyone have any specific examples of kids you know - what branch of engineering were they in and why did they leave and what school they were at? Is is more that the material is extremely difficult or do you think if enough time was put in the students would be able to pull a B.

Also, how does civil or mechanical or industrial compare to ee or chemical? I would think that the last two would be much harder and you would see more of the drop outs there.

I would think that a lot of the sciences would be just as if not more difficult than engineering - are the drop out rates high there too (ie, bio).