"In contrast, the figures for civil engineering were 61 percent and 52 percent..."
That's because after you get a degree it takes like 6 years to get your professional licensing. Engineer-in-training exam, then indentured servitude, then another mondo exam to get your professional engineer license. And then only the senior engineers/partners actually use their PE stamps.
And if you deal with any sort of municipal-type project, those run for years, possibly decades. I worked for a couple civil engineering firms before switching to IT, and I saw more than one major project that had been in the works for several years get put on a shelf to maybe get finished/built in a decade or so.
In contrast, the figures for civil engineering wer (Score:1)
"In contrast, the figures for civil engineering were 61 percent and 52 percent..."
That's because after you get a degree it takes like 6 years to get your professional licensing. Engineer-in-training exam, then indentured servitude, then another mondo exam to get your professional engineer license. And then only the senior engineers/partners actually use their PE stamps.
And if you deal with any sort of municipal-type project, those run for years, possibly decades. I worked for a couple civil engineering firms before switching to IT, and I saw more than one major project that had been in the works for several years get put on a shelf to maybe get finished/built in a decade or so.