Student Demographics and Outcomes in Mechanical Engineering in the U.S.
Student Demographics and Outcomes in Mechanical Engineering in the U.S.
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美国机械工程专业的学生人口统计和成果
DOI：
10.7227/ijmee.42.1.5
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发表时间：
2014
影响因子：
1.4
通讯作者：
M. Ohland
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作者：
Marisa K. Orr;S. Lord;R. Layton;M. Ohland
这项工作使用美国大学的数据集，其中包括超过 90,000 名工程专业的首次入学学生和超过 26,000 名转学生，描述了机械工程 (ME) 专业学生的人口统计数据和转学结果。其目的是为教师、系主任和院长的决策提供信息。尽管 ME 中男性人数始终多于女性，但入学率和六年毕业率因种族/民族和性别而异。亚裔、白人和黑人学生在工程专业的保留率高于所有工程专业的总和，但西班牙裔学生则不然。虽然大约一半的 ME 首发球员离开，但大多数都被交换球员和转会球员取代。这个“替代”人口中明显缺少黑人男性。黑人男性也是最不可能在毕业时继续跟随 ME 的。亚洲女性最有可能从 ME 毕业。对 ME 初学者和 ME 毕业生的路径进行了说明。近一半的工程硕士毕业生是从工程硕士以外的地方开始工作的。
Using a dataset from universities in the U.S. that includes over 90,000 first-time-in-college students and over 26,000 transfer students who majored in engineering, this work describes the demographics and outcomes for students starting in and transferring into Mechanical Engineering (ME). This aims to inform the decision making of faculty, department heads, and deans. Although men consistently outnumber women in ME, the rates of matriculation and six-year graduation vary by race/ethnicity and gender. Retention is higher in ME than in the aggregate of all engineering majors for Asian, White, and Black students, but not for Hispanic students. While about half of ME starters leave, most are replaced by switchers and transfers. Black males are noticeably absent from this ‘replacement’ population. Black males are also the least likely to stick with ME through graduation. Asian females are the most likely to graduate in ME. Pathways of ME starters and ME graduates are illustrated. Nearly half of all ME graduates started somewhere other than ME.