[rustyfe]

I think it's interesting (and somewhat saddening) how the engineering schools on the list tend to be outliers in their rank to legislator ratio.

I would assume it's due to the general breakdown of majors at those schools, but it's still unfortunate that STEM majors don't seem to have a good pathway into political activism.

[ohitsdom]

> it's still unfortunate that STEM majors don't seem to have a good pathway into political activism.

How many STEM majors want to be involved in politics? That's a complete field/industry change (not the case for law majors).

[ChazDazzle]

This is true only in the United States. Not so in China

[jowiar]

The path isn't that hard, especially during a Presidential election year: https://www.hillaryclinton.com/jobs-and-internships/ (or whoever your candidate of choice is).

I worked the Obama campaign in '12. It was a blast, and I met a bunch of awesome people.

[maxerickson]

The association doesn't have to be a degree.

I imagine many of the Ivy degrees are MBAs and JDs and the like. That's a path for STEM to follow into politics...

There are indeed many advanced degree holders in congress:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Members_of_the_111th_United_St...