The study examined the possible mediating effects of engineering interests and major and
school satisfaction on the relation among faculty-students interactions, higher-order learning, and
career commitment. A convenience sample of 375 first year engineering students was employed.
First, the measurement and structural model yielded evidence of good fit. In addition, results of
bootstrapping revealed significant indirect effects of engineering interests and major and school
satisfaction. Unlike expectations, the path coefficients of faculty-students interactions, major and
school satisfaction to career commitment were not significant. About 45%, 4% of variance in
higher-order learning and career commitment by faculty-students interactions, engineering
interests, and major and school satisfaction, respectively. In addition, there were significant
gender differences in the model fits. Implications for counseling practice and further research are
discussed.