Is it possible to break-even in undergraduate engineering education?a cost analysis and costing model

• Autores: Scott D. Snyder
• Localización: The International journal of engineering education, ISSN-e 0949-149X, Vol. 17, no. 3, 2001, págs. 236-247
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The purpose of this study is to examine the cost of undergraduate student education in a specificmechanical engineering department. While the numbers will be precisely correct only for theinstitution under examination, the trends will be relevant to most engineering departments. Ofparticular interest is the derivation of a relationship between absorption cost per student andstudent numbers, marginal cost of students in the degree programs, and explicit documentation andcosting of activities in the program. A detailed costing model is developed with three differentcosting. The results clearly show that undergraduate teaching activities in small and medium sizeddepartments can easily lose money.