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).
There is no set time for an individual to be out of work prior to filing for Social Security disability. The Social Security definition of disability states an individual must have a medically determinable mental or medical impairment that has: A) Prevented them from performing substantial gainful work activity for twelve months, or.