Minority Graduate Education

The fact that so few minority engineers graduate each year suggests that the potential for action at the graduate level is limited at this time. Beyond the small number of baccalaureate graduates, however, there are other reasons that deter many minorities from entering graduate school including attractive starting salaries at bachelor´s level; accumulative debts from financing their undergraduate education; a lack of career orientation to point out the benefits of graduate engineering education; and pursuit of post-baccalaureate study in non-engineering disciplines. The author describes these deterrents and suggests ways of handling them.