I don't have statistics in front of me, but I'm fairly certain that the vast majority of people with "real" engineering degrees aren't Professional Engineers (w

I don't have statistics in front of me, but I'm fairly certain that the vast majority of people with "real" engineering degrees aren't Professional Engineers (which is what I assume you're referring to). On top of that, there was a SWE PE offered in the US for several years. NSPE stopped offering it for lack of interest.