How many U.S. college students graduated with a civil engineer degree
in 2005? Is this an increase or decrease over previous years?

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Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 16 Feb 2006 18:47 PST

sue,

The data that I am aware of from the Department of Education only
covers up to the 2002-2003 graduates.  You can see the data for civil
engineers here:


http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d04/tables/dt04_283.asp
Table 283.  Earned degrees in chemical, civil, electrical, and
mechanical engineering conferred by degree-granting institutions, by
level of degree: 1970-71 to 2002-03


As you can see, there was a small across-the-board increase in 2003
for bachelors, masters and doctorates in civil engineering.  But this
comes on the wake of a fairly sharp decline from the levels of the
mid-1990s.

Even though it doesn't get you to 2005 numbers, I think this is
probably the most up-to-date data available.

Will this table meet your needs?  Let me know what you think.


pafalafa-ga

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Clarification of Question by suej-ga on 17 Feb 2006 14:35 PST

Yes, I'd seen some of this information before, but I am interested in
information on civil engineering students that is more recent (i.e.
2005). Some measurements that might help me would include:

1. Number of civil engineering degrees handed out. 
2. Number of students who chose civil engineering as their major.
3. Number of civil engineering students who changed their major to something else. 

Any facts, credible quotes, numbers that can indicate an overall rise
or decline in civil engineering education.