Conference Session

CEED - Technical Session 1

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Manuel D. Rossetti, University of Arkansas; Edgar C Clausen, University of Arkansas; Carol Schubert Gattis, University of Arkansas; Micah Hale, University of Arkansas; Kim LaScola Needy, University of Arkansas

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

educational attainment is between 11 and12%. The societal benefits of higher learning have been well established2-6. Engineeringeducation improves significantly on this benefit. The economic value of an engineering degree isranked highest in Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce recentpublication7, “What’s it worth? The Economic Value of College Majors”. In addition, the valueof a graduate engineering degree is 32% more than the undergraduate degree.According to the US Census Bureau’s 2005-2009 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Yearestimates, the national mean percentage of full-time employed workers (age > 16) workingwithin the Architecture and Engineering (A&E) sector is 2.37%. For this same statistic,Arkansas is last