The "6 year" graduation rate

tk21769
Wed, 16 Sep 2015 08:40:48 +0000

^ You’re right, Michigan would have a larger absolute number of engineering students than those much smaller schools. So I should have stated, “I’m pretty sure Michigan does not have a higher percentage of engineering students…” (more per capita). It should be clear from the context of this discussion that it is the percentage, not the absolute number, of engineering students that might be relevant to graduation rates.

That’s why I didn’t post CDS numbers tk.

Well, ok. I’m not sure the number (percentage) of students “enrolled in engineering” would be a better number, for purposes of this discussion, than the number (percentage) of graduating engineering majors. Maybe it would be, but how do we even determine which students are “enrolled in engineering” in a way that can be compared from school to school? And if we’re going to cite this percentage for Michigan, we ought to cite a corresponding percentage (one that has the same meaning) for the colleges we’re comparing.