Survey of Current Civil Engineering Undergraduate Students

The SEAONC SE3 Committee has developed a survey for current civil engineering undergraduate students with the hope of gaining an understanding of their experiences and what we as professionals can do to better support their career growth and development. We are interested in learning how these students first learned about engineering, if they have ever considered switching majors, whether they are considering pursuing a graduate degree, and if they plan to continue pursuing a career in engineering after graduation. The committee is also collecting demographic information (gender, race, Federal Pell Grant eligibility, and first generation status) to determine if there are any trends surrounding the engagement and retention of students of color that we can share with the professional community at large. 

With this survey, we hope to answer the following questions:

1. Are students who identify as Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) more likely to learn about engineering from outreach programs versus learning about engineering from parents or other family members?
2. Are students who identify as BIPOC more likely to consider switching majors? Why?
3. Are students that identify as BIPOC less likely to consider pursuing a graduate degree? Why?
4. Are students who identify as BIPOC less likely to consider pursuing a career in engineering after graduation? Why?
5. Are there similar trends for students who identify as low-income (Pell Grant eligible) and/or first generation?
6. Are students that identify as BIPOC more likely to also identify as low-income and/or first generation?

Link to survey: bit.ly/3dKmaSe 

Please share this link with your student connections and encourage them to participate in the survey. Thank you in advance for your assistance! We look forward to sharing the findings from this survey with the A/E/C Community!!