Achievements. 1  The 592 degrees awarded in 2014â15 is 86 percent more than a decade ago. 2  The median starting salary for College of Engineering graduates in 2015 was $61,000, near the national average.
What constitutes disability? For Social Security disability or SSI purposes, to be considered disabled, individuals must have an impairment, either medical, psychological, or psychiatric in nature, that keeps them from being able to do substantial gainful activity (SGA, discussed below).
This is a strict definition of disability. Social Security program rules assume that working families have access to other resources to provide support during periods of short-term disabilities, including workers' compensation, insurance, savings and investments.