In many disciplines of engineering, the professional engineering license is an important credential for career advancement. To attain an engineering license, one must pass the Principle and Practice of Engineering (PE) exam after a set amount of time in practice (defined by the state granting the license). While the national pass rate for the exam is available to the public, pass rates based on gender is not collected as most states do not track this demographic. The purpose of this study is to determine the PE exam pass rates for men and women. Pass rate information by gender was requested from each state’s licensing board. When gender information was not available, a list of all individuals who sat for the exam and their results were requested. From this list, gender was assigned based on individual names and a pass rate by gender was determined. These data enable a conclusion to be drawn as to whether women are passing the PE exam at a similar rate as men.

在许多工程学科中，专业工程许可是职业发展的重要凭证。要获得工程许可，必须经过一定时间的实践（由授予许可的州定义），才能通过工程原理和实践（PE）考试。尽管该考试的全国及格率可供公众使用，但由于大多数州未跟踪此人口统计信息，因此未收集基于性别的及格率。这项研究的目的是确定男性和女性的体育考试合格率。每个州的许可委员会都要求按性别提供合格率信息。如果没有性别信息，则需要列出参加考试的所有个人及其成绩的列表。从该列表中，根据个人姓名分配性别，并确定性别合格率。