Fine- sounds good. Warn our kids off of taking the "hard" classes like engineering. So this increases the shortage of engineers, forcing us to import more engineering talent from overseas. 30 - 50 grand starting salary with full benefits is darn attractive to lots of folks who have no opportunity in their home countries. Hey, I have a full-time state job paying about 30 grand- and I'm still going to school nights to get an engineering degree. Not for the money- but because I really want to do engineering. I have a job lined up as soon as I have my A. S., and the company will pay for me to get my batchelor's.
I can't believe someone on FR is advising children to go for the "easy money" instead of doing something worthwile.
By all means, have the kids sell out and go be "money men" managers. After all, compared to a six-figure salary, one's concience and personal honor are small sacrifices to make.
If you love engineering fine, but remember these days most engineers just write specifications and the fun stuff gets done overseas.
I would suggest to a young person considering engineering in college to go ahead get the degree but when you look for a job get a job as a sales support engineer or customer service engineer. For most companies these are the jobs they want native English speakers for as you will need to interface to the customer. Not the phone support crap but find a company that sells high end systems and do the sales support, installation and service.
Other than that think biotech. The FDA regulations means more often than not that the products or drugs are made in the US.