Engineering schools abrim with talent

摘要

The coursework is no picnic, and once you finish, the job market can be iffy. And yet, more U.S. students are enrolled in engineering graduate schools than ever before, according to a new report from the National Science Foundation. They numbered almost half a million in 2002, NSF says, a figure that surpasses by 5 percent the previous peak, achieved in 1993. "To some extent the all-time high in graduate enrollment in science and engineering is following trends in the total U.S. college-age population," said Jean Johnson, an NSF senior analyst. "In the late 1990s, the U.S. college-age population finally reversed a two-decade-long decline and began an upward trend," reaching 18.5 million by 2000. "And we expect it to continue increasing, to 21.7 million by 2015."