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Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Here is some interesting data about graduate engineering degrees in America:

Percentage of doctorate degrees in engineering in the US awarded to foreign students in 1996: 56%.


Percentage of doctorate degrees in engineering in the US awarded to foreign students in 2005: 63%.



(Data source: Congressional Research Service.)

When I was a graduate student in Engineering at the University of Houston back in 1960 I was the only American that was a full-time student. The rest were foreigners mostly from third world countries. The foreign students had full scholarships from their home country. There were American graduate students but they were part-timers, many of whom eventually graduated. Most of the foreign students stayed in the USA after graduation. Apparently that was OK with their governments. They may have returned home after working here for a while, at least a lot of the Chinese did. It appears that the number of American engineers is still declining. I would say that this is because engineering is not a particularly good career path for Americans. There is a lot more money to be made on Wall Street.

1 Comments:

Blogger Kristin said...

Engineering is a difficult and challenging curriculum while Business is a breeze with much bigger potential returns.

It is not without risk though, as there are probably more Business majors looking for work right now than Engineers.

7:08 PM  

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