Undergraduate Engineering Students' Self-Efficacy Beliefs

This is a cross-sectional study of 519 undergraduate engineering majors self-efficacy beliefs at a large, research extensive, Midwestern university. Engineering self-efficacy is an individual s belief in his or her ability to successfully negotiate the academic hurdles of the engineering program. Engineering self-efficacy was obtained from four variables: self-efficacy 1, self-efficacy 2, engineering career outcome expectations, and coping self-efficacy. The four variables were analyzed using a repeated analysis of variance among levels of gender, ethnicity, years students had been enrolled in their engineering program, engineering specialty, transfer status, and freshmen interest group participation.