in person interviews. These interviews involved a set of structured questions, acalculus concept inventory, and a concept map that represented their view of engineering. Thefirst part of the study, the survey, is where the data for this paper came from. One of the areas ofinterest to the project were the experiences of returner and direct pathway online graduateengineering students.Findings. There were 88 returners (R) and 242 direct pathway (DP) students who returned thesurvey. Of these, 73 R responded to the question regarding online or traditional coursework. 32,or 44% of these respondents were online learners. 47 DP of 184 respondents, 26%, were onlinelearners. Table 1 is the difference in age and time in industry for all respondents