Hey, where's EE?
Posted on 08/03/2004 4:49:17 AM PDT by Dane
..."This is definitely a transitional year," said Andrea Koncz, a NACE spokesperson. NACE releases its "Salary Survey" quarterly, with the final report for the 2003-2004 recruiting year due in September.
Engineering majors are seeing the most cash, led by gains from chemical engineering graduates who now earn $52,819 a year, up 1.9 percent from a year earlier. Computer engineering graduates are following closely behind with $51,572, but that figure represents a 0.3 percent decrease from last year.
Those graduating with a degree in computer science are seeing heartier increases. According to NACE, information sciences and systems graduates earn $43,053 a year, up 8.2 percent from a year earlier, while computer science graduates make $49,691 a year, up 4.8 percent...
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There is no joy in Willieville today, at the sight of good news.
Thanks--that brought a big smile to my face =)
And my daughter is an English major. Big sigh.
My husband and son visited an "Engineering Fair" at our local state college.
Pretty consistent with the info they got from the professors in the engineering departments.
Chemical Engineering was #1 on their list too.
Hey, where's EE?
I know several that work at dealerships, all have less than 5 years experience, and they all make $50,000 or more.
EE is typically same as ME, or real darn close to it.
I have a civil degree, but many union electricians and operating engineers make more than me after 2-3 years of experience. Besides, they don't have 4 years of lost income and college tuition to pay off.
>> Computer engineering graduates are following closely behind with $51,572, but that figure represents a 0.3 percent decrease from last year.
Those graduating with a degree in computer science are seeing heartier increases. According to NACE, information sciences and systems graduates earn $43,053 a year, up 8.2 percent from a year earlier, while computer science graduates make $49,691 a year, up 4.8 percent...<<
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
I thought with the Dot com bust and the rest of the jobs moving overseas, these computer jobs were non existant.
Chemical Engineer here.
Yes, the starting salary is good. But the salary stays flat; pretty much increasing just a little bit better than the rate of inflation (unless one continues with additional education and earns a higher level degree, or moves out of Chemical Engineering).
I was wondering where EE stood.
Would engineering still hold the top spot?
One wonders....
And this is just for undergraduate degrees.
At the price of college versus the value received, many of these young adults should learn a trade and then have their parents give them the "education money" to go start their own business.
Engineering salaries are good, if you can find a job right now. I graduated with a BSME last year, and what I earn didn't even make the chart.
"Hey, where's EE?"
They probably are still working on the Rupee to Dollar conversion.
It's supply and demand, folks. There are tons of highly educated computer geeks, but that engineering stuff, hey, that's HARD!
Gee, I guess I'm wasting my time getting a degree in Bible so I can have a career preaching to lost souls, since there doesn't appear to be any money in it. /sarcasm
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