<p>I was hoping to gain some insight on what FE pass rates look like for a good number of schools as I think this is a better indicator of quality of education recieved than the stats of those going into the program or selectivity of the program. If you would post your school stats below.</p>
<p>Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (2007 only data I could find) 94%</p>
<p>Financial engineering?</p>
<p>Fundamentals of Engineering exam.</p>
<p>I don’t think that’s a good indicator. Some schools put a major emphasis on the FE exam and basically teach to the exam. These tend to be the lower ranked schools where students need the extra qualification to find jobs and schools that have a higher percentage of students go into industry (vs. graduate school, professional school, or professional positions). Again, these tend to be the lower ranked schools.</p>
<p>At other schools (notably Top 10 schools) you see far less emphasis on the FE and far fewer students taking the exam. The reason is that the schools actively encourage students to go to grad school or professional school. UC Berkeley would much rather have a student go for a Stanford PhD or to Bain as a consultant than to a manufacturing position. At Berkeley, you would see a much higher percentage of lower GPA students that would take the FE than at a place like Lamar (where virtually everyone would take the exam).</p>
<p>^^^^Pretty much every engineer I know of in academia also has a PE. A PhD in engineering without a PE does not carry the same weight. Unless you’re consulting in a field outside of engineering, lack of a PE is a serious impediment.</p>
<p>Wow. The majority of engineering professors do not have PE’s unless they worked in industry. A PhD carries much more weight than a PE and in fact many states will grant you a PE automatically for having a PhD. Lack of a PE is not an impediment at all in academia.</p>
<p>Banjo - agreed. I know of only one professor at my old school who had his PE, and I know very very few in my company who have it either. I think it depends a lot on the field, however - in EE it is not a big deal, but in fields like civil engineering it might carry more weight.</p>
<p>
I’ve never heard of that personally. Which states are you thinking of?</p>
<p>Pass rates from the NCEES website: [NCEES:</a> FE exam](<a href=“http://www.ncees.org/Exams/FE_exam.php]NCEES:”>http://www.ncees.org/Exams/FE_exam.php)</p>
<p>I just had a look… and there is a lot soo much to cover…</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>Virtually all of the states that license by experience. In addition, the states that only license by exam will usually waive the experience requirement and the FE and allow you to directly take the P&P with a PhD.</p>
<p>Any state in particular that you can name as an example? I’m curious because I want to read that states law regarding licensure. I know in NY, the board may accept college education beyond the bachelor’s as qualifying experience (pending review by the board), but it could only partially satisfy the experience requirement. I don’t ever remembering seeing any language in the NY law about being exempted from the FE exam though.</p>
<p>In Maine, the only advantage to having a PhD is that you can take the exam after two years of experience, not three as when you have only a master’s degree or four with only a BS. I, too, would be interested in a link showing that any states view a PhD differently.</p>
<p>In California, a PhD gets you no more than an MS gets you. In Texas, a PhD PLUS a full-time gig teaching engineering will, after eight years, accrue you enough experience to allow you to qualify to TAKE the PE exam.</p>
<p>I’m still recovering from the muscle strain from hauling all my books out to the PE exam; I’m not gonna settle for sugar-coating it like y’all did, Ken and ML. 
I’m calling shenanigans unless you can show us some real data on this…!</p>
<p>Trying to take the high road, but you’re right. Sounds like a lot of hooey. “Virtually all”?? I think I would have heard of it, since DH is licensed in 10 states (11th pending).</p>