Comparing licensure routes from your degree and your experience
Eligibility for an engineering licensure exam rests on a combination of education and qualifying experience, and the years asked for differ by state board and by discipline. Because those rules are also revised, this page builds in no figures. You enter the experience each route requires according to the board you are applying to, and the three routes, the degree route, the route that builds on an existing license, and the experience-only route, are compared side by side so you can see which ones are satisfied and how many months the others still need.
How the numbers are worked out
Your years and months are combined into a month count, and each requirement is converted to months for the comparison. Meeting the requirement counts, so 48 months against a four-year route is satisfied and shows 0 months to spare. A blank route is skipped, and if all three are blank the page says there is nothing to compare. The wording always rests on the figures you entered and never states that you are eligible to sit a particular exam.
What this page does not do
No board requirement table or accreditation list is built in, and the page does not judge which work counts as qualifying experience or how a degree is evaluated. Final eligibility has to come from the board itself.
Frequently Asked Questions
Requirements are set by each state board and vary by discipline and by what license you already hold, and they are revised over time. Building in one figure would be wrong somewhere, so the page uses the years you read off the board rules.
Meeting the requirement counts, so an equal amount is marked as met and shows 0 months to spare. On a four-year route the mark sits at 48 months.
No. It only compares the figures and the experience you entered, so treat it as a reference. Which work counts as qualifying and how a degree is evaluated are decided by the board.