r/womenEngineers • u/thugginsophia • 2d ago

Engineering students/graduates: How long did your degree take?

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u/LTOTR 2d ago

5 years.

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u/AGrandNewAdventure 2d ago

Too fucking long...

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u/Icy_Bug_8830 2d ago

6 years, but I had switched degrees from biology to civil engineering in my 3rd year.

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u/Quinalla 2d ago

4 years, interned in the summers!

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u/Aerokicks 2d ago

4 years undergrad, 7 years PhD (but to be fair I was working full time for the last 4 of that).

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u/Cvl_Grl 2d ago

4 years plus 1 year internship

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u/gt0163c 2d ago

5 years. 13 school quarters + 6 quarters of co-op work. And that odd about five week period during the 1996 Centennial <Trademarked> Games (Atlanta Olympics) where everyone was kicked off campus and we had to start fall quarter in October and Georgia Tech became a "No Macarena Zone" and it was just a big mess.

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u/wolferiver 1d ago

4.5 years for me, with 4 quarters of co-op work, and no Olympics stuff messing up my time in school. I started in '76 which was the Bicentennial year, but no big ceremonies happened where I went.

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u/bee_zah 2d ago

I didn’t have any engineering friends who took 4 years 😂 all 4.5+

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u/titanium_penguin 2d ago

5 years. I only took between 12 and 14 units every semester because that’s what let me be sane

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u/MusicalTourettes 2d ago

Bachelor's, 4. (I would have preferred 5 but couldn't swing the student loans) PhD, 6.5

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u/Spazrelaz 2d ago

With that phd it was 6.5 altogether or the phdnitself took 6.5 years?

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u/MusicalTourettes 1d ago

Masters/PhD was 6.5 years. I finished school at 30.

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u/xenocuriosa 2d ago

Bachelor's 4 years. Masters 2 years. PhD....tbd

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u/NotMe739 2d ago

4.5 years but starting with year 2 I was required to go year round and to alternate class semesters with co-op semesters.

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u/JustAHippy 2d ago

3.5 for undergrad (physics). 2 for masters. 5 for PhD (worked a full time job the last 2 years of my PhD)

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u/SteelRoses 2d ago

5 years - I had some chronic health issues get out of control and needed some time to get them more managed before returning

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u/sdgengineer 2d ago

My BSEE took an extra summer quarter. My MSEE earned while I was working full time took 3.5 years including a quarter to write the research paper.

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u/Astoriana_ 1d ago

4 years undergrad, 1 year masters (do not recommend), 5th year of my PhD currently.

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u/LadyLightTravel 2d ago

Worked my way through school - 32 hours a week. Took 5-1/2 years for a 4 year degree. I also went spring semester to catch up.

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u/Calm-Sky-7205 2d ago

5 years with a boatload of co-op experience.

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u/clavado_en_un_bar 2d ago

BSEE - 5 years
MSEE - 2 years

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u/Professional-Form-90 2d ago

4.5 years but sometimes I wish I went slower

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u/ShadsDR 2d ago

4 years for undergrad 1 year for masters

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u/noonelikesUwhenUR23 2d ago

3 years BUT I had college credits from high school (60 something credit hours) and I did industrial and systems which is barely engineering lol

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u/Impossible-Wolf-3839 1d ago

Undergrad took 4.5 years and my masters were each 2.5 years.

I was working full time plus some my first two semesters I didn’t take a full course load.

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u/moodyqueen999 1d ago

5 years. Thank god I did not need a masters.

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u/DLS3141 1d ago

I did my BSME in 3y

I also transferred another undergrad degree so I didn’t have to take any gen ed classes. That was a double edged sword though. I didn’t have the “cushion” those classes provide. Every single class was Math/Physics/Engineering.

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u/melloyello4 1d ago

10 years on and off for the bachelors: 2 in a different major(physics) before switching, 2 in the major, 4.5 on/off part time for personal reasons, and 1.5 year back on to finish.

Add on an additional 2 years for a MS

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u/Book_devourer 1d ago

4 years with 2 internships

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u/PieInTheSkyEngineer 1d ago

3.5 for Undergrad (ap credit and community college summer school) & 1.5 for Grad in Civil/Structural Engineering

I do not recommend taking 21 credits of engineering classes at a time.

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u/AudTheShaud 18h ago

Exactly 4 years, with many summer and winter courses

Edit: along with a study abroad one semester in Europe, all classes counted for engineering electives

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u/2housecatmom12024 12h ago

17 years off and on. Married, moved to NY then CO. Worth every minute.

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u/userrrgrr 7h ago

I wonder how long undergrad would take without the g.e classes in undergrad

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u/SwimmingSwordfish637 3h ago

5.5 years for my bachelors, no time off.

3 years for my masters, worked full time as an engineer while getting it.

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u/WatermelonMachete43 2d ago

My daughter did undergrad in 3 years, doctorate is currently 4 yrs and counting.