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).
A: The definition of disability for Social Security is based on inability to work and generally means that you cannot do work that you did before, you cannot adjust to other work because of your medical condition(s), and your disability has lasted or is expected to last for at least one year or to result in death.