<p>I saw on the senior survey <a href="https://career.berkeley.edu/employers/EmpSurvey.stm%5B/url%5D">https://career.berkeley.edu/employers/EmpSurvey.stm</a> that people who graduate with a degree in CS (LS) earn on average more than people who graduate with a degree is EECS(CoE). 95k vs 83k
I don't know if I'm missing something, but isn't the College of Engineering supposed to be better for engineering than the College of Letters and Sciences?</p>
<p>Better for engineering ≠ higher pay. </p>
<p>There are probably more EECS people going onto graduate degrees and lower-paying EE jobs as well. CS generally breeds you for software dev and programming work, which is all the rage in the Valley right now.</p>
<p>Yes, some EECS majors go into EE jobs, which may not pay as much as CS jobs.</p>
<p>EECS with emphasis on CS and L&S CS should be similar for preparation for CS jobs (or PhD study in CS).</p>
<p>While I think the two prepare you similarly for grad school CS, I think the engineering requirements of EECS cater more to the students who intend to pursue a PhD. </p>
<p>i.e. kids likely to pursue grad school will more often go for EECS (this is just a conjecture of course).</p>
<p>and EECS means “pride and prestige”.</p>