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Earning a degree in engineering is one of students’ proud. Nowadays, engineering major become one of the most favorite majors in various universities in USA, Europe and Asia . Many students study hard so they can get in to the University with Engineering degree. Based on recent survey conducted by students in the Department of Statistics at University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), many people think that an engineering student is relatively smarter compared to students with other majors. Of course, they have to study hard ( no doubt ); feel free to argue about this.
In addition, companies generally pays high salary for engineering majors. Here’s the salary survey report for engineering jobs (updated 9 November 2008):
| Engineering | Entry Level (USD) |
20 years or more (USD) |
| Chemical | 58,719 | 102,538 |
| Computer software | 55,687 | 88,618 |
| Material | 55,340 | 96,048 |
| Electrical | 55,015 | 94,967 |
| Mechanical | 53,588 | 84,486 |
| Industrial | 50,701 | 73,225 |
| Civil | 48,151 | 85,915 |
Q : Which engineering major pays the best and the least with a bachelor degree?
A: I would agree that Chemical Engineering has highest paid. Civil Engineering has the lowest salary.
Q: Which engineering major has the most job opportunity?
A: I would say Electrical Engineering offers more universal opportunities. Most of companies look for EE degree, because almost every technology company, and even in biotechnology companies need engineers with electrical engineering background. Even though the entry level pay is not as high as chemical engineers, but electrical engineers with 10 or more years of experiencs can surpass the equivalent earnings of engineers in the other field
Q: Which one is the hardest and easiest degree?
A: Although all engineering majors is hard, but Electrical Engineering is the hardest major i would say. And the easiest major is Civil Engineering and Industrial Engineering (based on the student survey)
Overall :
Chemical Engineering has the highest paid with a bachelor degree. However, when you choose a major, do not only based your decision solely on the highest salary; however, you should also consider other factors such as : job opportunities in the market, work load, and your passion.
If you want to complain about your major, this is your chance. Feel Free to argue and leave comments.
Written by ClickNSmart
Saturday, 22. November 2008
Oh man..
I should have majored in Electrical Engineering instead of science major. No money to be made for science major graduates.
This article makes me want to change my major now.
Saturday, 22. November 2008
Wow, how proud i am to be a chemical engineering student. I hope i will get high salary when i get a job
Go Engineering!!
Saturday, 22. November 2008
Bunga,
I agree with you. As a computer software engineer, my job is very rewarding. I majored in Electrical Engineering as an undergraduate but right now, I work as a software developer, so indeed electrical engineering major is relatively more universal compared to other engineering fields.
Saturday, 22. November 2008
how about business major,man. Isn’t it we can make millions of dollars by having business knowledge. Donald Trump is one of my idols.
Go MBA !!
Sunday, 23. November 2008
I have to disagree here Bunga…, I remember last year, Software Engineering was the fastest growing job in the next 10 years. This is by CNN. So, this is definitely for Computer Science major. We are an Engineer, Software Engineer!
Sunday, 23. November 2008
Well.. I have a feeling starting salaries don’t determine the mean salaries 10 or 20 years down the road. Look at this Soma:
http://www.forbes.com/static_html/msntest/jobs-careers-compensation-lead-careers-cx_pm_0604bestjobs_slide.html?partner=msntest1
http://www.careerbuilder.com/Article/CB-605-Job-Search-Six-Figure-Jobs/?ArticleID=605&cbRecursionCnt=1&cbsid=0d38eac12ac14fac92ee14129647e815-280709809-RJ-4&ns_siteid=ns_us_g_job_unique_top_earning
Care to elaborate why engineering jobs are not in the list? Would make a more interesting story.. haha
Sunday, 23. November 2008
‘Fastest growing job’ refers to the amount of job openings in this field for the next 10 years. I’m referring to how easy for Software Engineers to get a job after they graduate. I just checked, we’re not on top anymore, Financial Analyst beat us.
http://www.careerbuilder.com/Article/CB-834-Who-is-Hiring-Top-10-Jobs-for-the-Class-of-2008/
It’s true that doctors got (way) higher salaries, but that comes with a long and competitive education process.
Saturday, 29. November 2008
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Saturday, 29. November 2008
Hi Jim Spence
thank you so much for your interest. I am developing my blog with the purpose to help college students looking for answer about their academic career. I am continually updating my blog. so feel free to subscribe to my blog for future interesting articles
Best
Bunga Setiawan
Sunday, 30. November 2008
wow… but how about in Indonesia? I dont get any picture..
Im IE, and I agree with ur statement: the easiset major is IE…
Thursday, 25. December 2008
Cheers good information and great post.
Sunday, 4. January 2009
Great Aricle. I have this bookmarked. Thanks
Monday, 5. January 2009
I really liked your article. My compliments!! Thank you!
Tuesday, 28. April 2009
Nice work! I’ll have to do a cross post on this one
Thursday, 30. April 2009
Hi Alex,
I am glad you like my post. Stay tune for more new articles =)
Friday, 1. May 2009
Wonderfull…
Saturday, 9. May 2009
I would have to disagree that electrical engineering is the hardest…as an undergraduate chemical engineer, I’m absolutely certain we have the hardest, most intense work load. Our entire major is weed out classes–multivariable calc, physics, nonlinear math, thermodynamics, heat transfer, organic chem…it’s not even a question. there’s a reason we make bank.
Sunday, 10. May 2009
I myself also a chemical engineering undergraduate, so I feel you =)
Thanks for sharing
Bunga
Sunday, 7. March 2010
I agree,EE engineering is the most hardest.I am an undergrad doin EE so I am more motivated and fascinated about EE.Thanx.