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• Percentage of Americans surveyed by Harris Polls who believe that scientists hold positions of great professional prestige : 56

• Percentage of Americans surveyed by Harris Polls who believe that engineering is a very prestigious profession: 32

• Percentage of Americans surveyed by Harris Polls who are “not informed” about what engineers do: 60

• Percentage increase in freshman enrolled in engineering degree programs from 1997 to 1998: 4.4

• Percentage of engineers that would choose the same career again: 87

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