39 FE Exam Prep Resources [Free and Paid]

Author: Mike Grossman, Professional Engineer │ Editor: Chantal Flores, Education Facilitator

🕜 9 Minute Read │ 🗓️ Updated: January 5, 2023

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Here is a collection of study materials and prep courses so you can pass the FE Exam without spending all your money. Some of the courses here are free, and some are from commercial providers, universities and engineering societies.

Also be sure to check out other FE resources: The Best Calculator for the FE Exam, the collection of FE Practice Exams, and all things related to the FE Exam.

🔑 Key Takeaways

There are many sources of FE Exam study materials, some are free, some are from commercial providers.
Many preparation materials are out of date and are published before 2017, missing 2017 AIT, the 2020 syllabus, and the 2021 handbook updates.
The FE is a skill-based exam, requiring skill sets that are developed with practice.

It's important to realize that the FE exam used to be split into a common-to-all-disciplines morning exam and a discipline specific afternoon exam. Starting in early 2014, there are only discipline specific exams so you'll see some resources that have not updated. Also you'll see some resources that host a generic review class to cover all disciplines.

This isn't a big deal if you aren't paying much for the course or if the resource is free. Yet, keep in mind you'll have to fill in some gaps on your own. But if you decide to spend big money for a review course, ensure it is discipline specific. As always the power is in practicing exam questions and not just theory, so be sure your choice works through plenty of NCEES style problems.

NOTE: be sure to know what grade you need to pass: FE Exam Passing Score, and keep things on the lighter side: Engineering Memes & Jokes.

FREE FE EXAM PREP RESOURCES

1. Coursera [Free Version] [FE Civil & FE Mech]

This Coursera and Georgia Tech course is getting a lot of attention currently. It's rated very well and the level of instruction is good.

Free but there is a $50 version that grants access to assignments and quizzes
Self paced video courses but only offered on specific dates
FE Civil and FE Mechanical

2. Marshall University [Free] [FE Civil]

This YouTube channel provides 12 videos from a group of instructors at Marshall

Self paced video courses from 2015/2016
Approximately 16 hours of instruction
FE Civil only

3. University of Colorado-Boulder [Free] [FE Chemical]

This is a very well organized course with a missive collection of videos and problems

Self paced video courses from 2014
FE Chemical only

4. Texas A&M [Free]

This review course was prepared for the US Military when there was an AM general exam for all disciplines and a discipline specific exam in the PM. Things have changed but this is still a great resource.

The original 45 videos must be downloaded but Joseph de la Fuente uploaded them to YouTube.
Self-paced classes
FE Civil focused but could be considered general to all disciplines

5. Engineer In Training Exam [Free]

EITE is a free YouTube channel with plenty of examples:

Self-paced resource of 85 videos, complete with calculator tutorials
Not discipline specific
The EITE team has been around since ~2011.

6. Daily FE Exam [Free]

Another free YouTube collection of videos from Daily FE Exam:

Self-paced resource of 34 videos
One to two years old.
Not discipline specific

COMMERCIAL PREPARATION RESOURCES

7. School of PE [Paid]

The School of PE has provided review classes since 2004 and is a well respected provider out of Ohio:

$1,000 early bird, $1,300 regular price review classes
Live web classes or self-paced classes
All 7 disciplines are taught

8. PPI 2 Pass [Paid]

Professional Publications Inc. has been around since 1975 and also comes with great reviews and based in California:

$1,260 - $2,200 depending on the discipline
Live web classes or self-paced classes
All 7 disciplines

9. Coursera [Paid Version]

This Coursera and Georgia Tech course is getting a lot of attention and also has a paid version. It's rated very well and the level of instruction is good.

The $50 version grants access to assignments and quizzes, but the instruction is available for free
Self paced video courses but only offered on specific dates
FE Civil and FE Mechanical

10. TestMasters [Paid]

Testmasters is one of the few commercial providers holding in-person review classes in many locations in the US:

$550 student, $1,000 early bird, $1,100 regular.
Live in person classes or live/self-paced hybrid or self-paced classes.
All 7 disciplines are taught.

11. Prepineer [Paid]

Prepineer is a review software founded by the EITE team:

$250 per month.
Self-paced classes
Generalized to all disciplines
There are very few reviews from this software but these gents are hosting a lot of training webinars and Facebook videos.

12. Study for FE [Paid]

Wasim Asghar has a review class for FE Electrical & Computer at a very reasonable price:

$99 per month
Self-paced classes and a review exam
As mentioned FE Elec & Comp discipline only

13. Capstone Learning [Paid]

Capstone Learning Associates has a review course for all disciplines but FE Industrial and FE Environmental:

$700
Self-paced classes
I know very little about this team and there isn't much for reviews online.

14. Brightonwood [Paid]

Brightonwood, formerly Kaplan, provides review classes for all disciplines but FE Chemical:

$800-$900 depending on the discipline.
Self-paced classes
FE Civil, FE Electrical, FE Environmental, FE Industrial, FE Mechanical, FE Other Disciplines.

15. Cognistar [Paid]

This team provides review courses for a few disciplines:

$365-$450 depending on the discipline
Self-paced courses
FE Civil, FE Other Disciplines

16. EIT Experts

EIT Experts hosts review classes for a few of the disciplines. I was hesitant to include this provider as some reviews speak very poorly of them:

$550 on demand courses
$850 live class early bird, $1,350 live class regular
FE Civil, FE Mechanical, FE Other Disciplines only.

17. Excel Test Prep

Excel Test Prep holds class for a few disciplines as well, but one of the few provider hosting in-person classes:

$1,000 live web classes
$1,000 self-paced classes
FE Civil, FE Mechanical and FE Other Disciplines only.

18. Engineering Education & Training

EET holds live web or self-paced classes:

$990 live or self-paced
FE Civil only

UNIVERSITY & SOCIETY PREPARATION RESOURCES

19. University of Memphis

The U of M provides a FE exam review class for students:

Paid for students
In-person classes
FE Civil only

20. Colorado School of Mines

The Colorado School of Mines offers a class that is free for their students:

Free for students and $250 for others
In-person classes on Monday evenings
Not discipline specific

21. NC State University

NCU offer a very reasonably priced review course:

$50 for students
$200 for others
Self-paced classes
Not discipline specific

22. Minnesota SPE [Discontinued]

MNSPE had review classes for some disciplines, that are no longer offered.

23. Cal State University

Cal State U offers a review class for a few disciplines:

$275 for students
$375 for others
In-person classes
FE Mechanical, FE Electrical, FE Civil

24. IISE - Oregon Chapter

IISE offers a FE review course offered at Oregon State U offers a class for FE Industrial:

$100 for students
$125 for others
FE Industrial only

25. Penn State University

Penn State U offers a FE review course for students and alumni:

$650 students and alumni
In-person classes
Not discipline specific

26. Kansas State University

Kansas State U offers a class for students:

Free for students only (as far as we can tell)
Self-paced classes
Not discipline specific

27. Carroll College

Carroll College, out of Montana, offers a class for its students:

Free for students
Live classes
FE Civil only.

28. Illinois Institute

The II offer FE review classes for most disciplines, they are pricey:

$1,000
Live web classes or self-paced classes
FE Chemical, FE Civil, FE Electrical and Computer, FE Mechanical, FE Other Disciplines

29. University of Tulsa

U of T offer in-person FE review classes:

$745 early bird, $795 regular
In-person classes
Not discipline specific

30. University of Utah

U of Utah offers a review class that is free for students:

Free
In-person classes
Not discipline specific

31. University of San Diego

The University of San Diego offers in-person FE review classes:

$795 for in-person class
FE Other Discipline only

32. New Mexico State University

The New Mexico State University offers a very reasonably priced review class:

$30
In-person classes
FE Civil only

33. University of Colorado

The U of Colorado offers a free course for all:

Free
FE Chemical only
A very well organized set of videos.

34. University of Nevada

Nevada U offers a FE review class for its students called CEE499:

Paid for students (unknown price)
In-person classes
FE Civil only

35. College of New Jersey [Discontinued]

This University had a review class for most disciplines, that is no longer offered.

36. Florida International University

Florida U offers web classes for the FE:

$900
Live web classes
Not discipline specific

37. University of Washington

U of Washington provides FE review classes on Monday and Wednesday evenings during the term:

$950
In-person classes
Not discipline specific

38. American Society of Civil Engineers

ASCE provides a reasonably priced FE review course:

$325 for members
$395 for non members
Self-paced classes
FE Civil only

39. FE EXAM CALCULATOR RESOURCES & TUTORIALS

The FE exam is all about time and you'll only have a few minutes per question (part of the testing theory is to give you more questions than you can reasonably answer). So don't feel bad if you don't get to them all.

But realize your biggest time saver is your NCEES approved calculator and you better know it inside and out. So we crafted this collection of FE Exam Calculator Resources and tutorials for you

FE Exam Preparation Courses

FE Civil Exam

A preparation package of 800+ questions to prepare you for the NCEES FE Civil Exam. These questions are solvable in 2-3 minutes, reference the FE Reference Handbook and come complete with answers and thorough solutions.

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FE Mechanical Exam

An exam package of 800+ questions to prepare you for the NCEES FE Mechanical Exam. These are solvable in 2-3 minutes, reference the FE Reference Handbook and come complete with answers and solutions.