<p>I'm curious since I'm considering this major. I studied Chemical engineering until now, mostly because I'm good at chem and I heard chem engineers make a lot of money. But after taking Chem Eng 101 course I realize I'll spend the rest of my life doing calculations, it'll bore me to death. I also couldnt handle the lack of free time for social life.</p>
<p>I wonder, do they get good salaries (and which one offers better living)? Is it actually worth the 6 years spent in college? I also wonder if architectural engineering will be the better field. I'm really good at art. Others I'm good at are math (except calculus), biology, physics, geography, and geology. I like designs and field projects. I'm considering architecture also, but it doesnt seem to give a good future nor high salary.</p>
<p>I also want to know if arch eng and civil eng students have a social life. I want to study, but I also want to have normal social life like other college kids. Chem eng students don't have any; the workload is so much the professors said theres no room for socializing in this major, it takes students almost all their free time.</p>
<p>With all things above considered, which one do you think will be the more suitable field?</p>
<p>Any answers and information are very appreciated.
Thanks</p>
<p>I would say that for any engineering major, it's possible to have a good social life if you manage your time efficiently (that of course, includes civil engineering, which I majored in) I can't really say much about architectural engineering, since I don't really know that much about it. Is it just a mix between architecture and structural engineering?</p>
<p>arch eng is sometimes called structural engineering if I'm not mistaken. I've heard lots of sories of how architects dont make much, a lot less than they deserve.
I like designs but the point of doing all those years studying is to have a good paying career isnt it?</p>
<p>Architectural and structural engineering are generally regarded as specialized subdisciplines of civil engineering. Most schools don't offer degrees in these specific disciplines at the BS level. For example, there are only 16 ABET-accredited architectural engineering BS programs in the country, according to abet.org. For comparison, there must be hundreds of ABET-accredited civil engineering BS programs.</p>
<p>I wouldn't recommend pursuing the more specialized degree at the undergraduate level, unless (1) you are absolutely certain that architectural or structural engineering is what you want to do, and (2) you have no plans to go to graduate school.</p>
<p>Otherwise I would recommend the more general BS in civil engineering. The general civil degree is much more versatile and will give you much broader employment options, in fields like transportation, environmental, geotechnical, water resources, etc., as well as structural. </p>
<p>If you ultimately decide that you do want to specialize in architectural or structural engineering, then you can still do so, by getting an MS in this field. My impression is that structural engineering firms prefer to hire engineers with the MS degree, rather than just a BS degree.</p>