Results
of the 1999 Engineering Alumni Survey
During the Fall 1999
semester, the department of engineering at The College
of New Jersey mailed a questionnaire to 199 engineering
alumni who graduated from the program in 1988 (52), 1993
(38), 1994 (35), 1995 (33), and 1998 (41). 41 alumni
(20.6%) responded to the survey. The results of the
survey are tabulated below.
|
Table 1.
Average Response of the 1999 Alumni Survey |
|
Years Out of
School |
# of Students
That Responded |
Present
Salary ($K) |
# That Have
Attended Grad. School |
# Involved
with Prof. Society Activities |
Passed FE
Exam* |
|
1 |
9 |
42.0 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
|
4 |
7 |
58.5 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
|
5 |
7 |
57.4 |
3 |
6 |
2 |
|
6 |
9 |
63.9 |
5 |
5 |
3 |
|
11 |
9 |
71.1 |
7 |
2 |
2 |
|
* It is not known how many students have
actually taken the FE exam. |
The alumni were also
asked to rate their preparation at TCNJ in the following
areas: Mathematics, Physical Sciences, General
Education, Communications Skills, Engineering Currency,
Engineering Competence, Engineering Design, Engineering
Electives, Use of Modern Engineering Tools, and Team
Participation. The alumni were asked to use the
following scale to rate the list.
4: Better than needed for any
job I have held
3: Good enough to meet most job requirement
2: Marginal – needed much additional study to make
the grade
0: Very Poor – far below reasonable expectations –
must be improved
Average alumni ratings
for the areas surveyed are given in Table 2.
|
Table 2. Average
Alumni Rating of their Education at TCNJ |
| |
Years Out of
School |
Specialization |
|
Area |
1 |
4-6 |
11 |
Electrical |
Industrial |
Mechanical |
|
Mathematics |
3.4 |
3.6 |
3.1 |
3.8 |
3.7 |
3.2 |
|
Physical
Sciences |
2.9 |
3.4 |
3.4 |
3.5 |
3.3 |
3.1 |
|
General
Education |
3.4 |
3.3 |
3.7 |
3.6 |
3.3 |
3.3 |
|
Communication
Skills |
3.0 |
3.1 |
3.3 |
3.5 |
2.9 |
3.0 |
|
Engineering
Currency |
2.9 |
3.0 |
3.3 |
3.2 |
3.3 |
2.9 |
|
Engineering
Competence |
3.4 |
3.5 |
3.6 |
3.6 |
3.1 |
3.5 |
|
Engineering
Design |
3.2 |
3.2 |
3.6 |
3.5 |
3.0 |
3.3 |
|
Engineering
Electives |
3.1 |
3.3 |
3.4 |
3.4 |
3.0 |
3.2 |
|
Use of Modern
Engineering Tools |
2.9 |
2.9 |
3.6 |
3.1 |
3.0 |
2.9 |
|
Team
Participation |
3.3 |
3.4 |
3.4 |
3.4 |
3.3 |
3.4 |
Created by Dr. George N.
Facas, March 20, 2000
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