<p>“The number of students enrolled in petroleum engineering may have increased by over 50 percent, but that only represents a small fraction of the students who will actually graduate with a degree in Petroleum engineering”.</p>
<p>It should actually say:</p>
<p>The number of students enrolled in petroleum engineering may have increased by over 50 percent, but only a fraction of those students will ever graduate with the degree.</p>
<p>For example, the 4 year graduation rate for 2008 cohort was 50%.
<a href=“http://dars.tamu.edu/dars/files/ee/ee2a3d0b-38cf-4a0b-addc-847d802aee7b.pdf[/url]”>http://dars.tamu.edu/dars/files/ee/ee2a3d0b-38cf-4a0b-addc-847d802aee7b.pdf</a></p>