Maine Engineering Statistics

“We are not putting out as many engineers as we need. The opportunity begs for more, the economy wants more.”

Dana Connors ’64, ’15H, President, Maine State Chamber of Commerce

• Maine’s capacity to produce new engineers is drastically outpaced by the demand for engineers. Maine needs to nearly double production of engineering graduates to keep up with demand

• Maine has growth potential for engineers who have earned advanced degrees. Maine currently ranks 51st in the country in per capita production of engineering master’s degrees

• Maine’s aging population includes a large cohort of retiring engineers who will need to be replaced soon — 27% of Maine’s engineering workforce is age 55 or older

• Each engineer adds $600,000 to Maine’s GDP annually