<p>Is a high degree in civil engineering a very flexible thing in terms of jobs? By that, I mean will I not be restricted to civil engineering jobs and have access to jobs in other sectors like the economic/business sector? If so, is it easy to get jobs in those other sectors compared to a person with an actual major of that sector, say a biz/econ major?</p>
<p>I would like to know the answer to this as well. I've heard about the flexibility of EE degrees from top schools. Would civE degrees from top schools have flexibility as well?</p>
<p>I know of a few civ eng majors who have gone on to business and law school and have done quite well in construction/oil business and law. Certainly high structural engineering degrees can be translated into jobs in aerospace and defense arenas, as well. Lots of good options.</p>
<p>Are civil engineering majors perceived to have sufficient quantitative skills to be hired to do ibanking/consulting?</p>
<p>Liberal arts majors get hired by IB and MC firms, so what does that tell you?</p>
<p>Civil engineering majors are perceived to have sufficient quantitative skills to be hired to do STRUCTURAL ANALYSES OF ROCKETS. So... yes.</p>
<p>One of my friends (anyone remember aibarr?) is job hunting, and she has offers/impending offers from Boeing's space shuttle/ISS division, The Aerospace Corporation, Northrop Grumman's submarine engine design group, and Walter P Moore's structural offices.</p>
<p>She's a civil engineer. Amazing how far you can get with a degree in the "dumb" engineering field, hmm?</p>
<p>The....dumb engineering? :(</p>
<p>How the heck is it "dumb"??</p>
<p>.. I think he meant that's is the common perception, not the truth..</p>