<p>I think it is completely realistic and justified to expect a higher salary “just because you are an engineering major.” It is a proven fact that on average, engineering majors dominate the highest starting salaries. Whether it is 60k or not, it is a FACT that engineering majors make more starting out of college. </p>
<p>Collegeduffer, it is stupid to bring your personal experiences into this discussion. Just like ME 76 said, “for 99% of engineering positions you are going to need at least a BS in engineering.” Your “friends” with business degrees are obviously deviations from the norm as well as your HR buddy with a higher salary than engineering, but that is no reason to disregard the “average salary bull” as you put it. Averages are all we have to work will. Just because you know people that prove the averages wrong doesn’t mean you can just say that they are wrong. Some engineers will, god forbid, come out of college and earn MORE than 60k. Say it ain’t so!!! That is because some people will earn more than the average and some people will earn less.</p>
<p>Job satisfaction, benefits, and environment have ABSOLUTELY nothing to do with this discussion. haha it’s clear that you are taking this argument personally and you’re doing anything in your power to try to be right. None of those aspects of a job have anything to do with salary. Sure, they might affect a persons decision to take a job, but they have no correlation with how much money a person is offered.</p>