I am a mechanical engineer that went to a prestigious school (not that one), and let me say that, working as an engineer for 27 years, I've learned at least as much working on bikes than I did in school, in terms of engineering stuff I actually use on the job. Maybe my edumucation helps me understand why bikes work the way they do and why the are assembled as they are, but the practical knowledge of how stuff is built came when I was 12, wrenching my own bikes.