<p>I don’t think an engineering education is job training at all. Sure, maybe you learn the fundamentals for a specific job with an engineering degree, but the majority of degree plans are not composed heavily of real-life applications. For any particular job, there will always be a period of time to learn the skills you need for it (e.g. think about the process to obtain a P.E.) An engineering education just gives you the fundamentals, and exposes you to the process of critical thinking (which is needed due to lackluster H.S. education in the U.S.)</p>