[RooRoobird20]

“Conventional” engineering majors (electrical, mechanical, civil etc) are still really good degrees to have and the pay is excellent. 33 years ago when I earned my engineering degree I had multiple job offers six months before I graduated. I ‘m still only midway through my senior engineer pay grade and I make $150k and change. I am so thankful I stumbled into engineering as a profession!

The young (mainly) electrical engineers my company is now hiring get starting salaries of $50k to $60k, and all of the ones I know received multiple job offers before they graduated.

[PA Engineer]

My daughter did Petroleum Engineering. Had multiple offers before graduation. Sadly, all dried up immediately before graduation during the Saudi attempt to crash fracking.

She postponed graduation and pursued an energy economics minor. Within a week she was off to west Texas. One year later she is back in the Utica and earning over 100K.

She is trying to figure out her next move. Fracking is here to stay. Her next move will probably be a regional engineer training and managing multiple crews or likely one of the majors will make her a good offer.

This is a very hot profession with lots of upward mobility.