<p>I'm about to attend Penn State in the fall and definately want to major in something engineering. I'd really like petroleum but I'm worried it's too specialized and the future of the career. Which engineering is the broadest and has the most job oppurtunities. I would get a ms in petroleum. But I'm also very passionate about business. It's too late for me to try to get into Penn's M & T. Michigan offers a dual bs in engineering and a bba, but I heard bba's are useless since I plan to get an MBA someday. Michigan also offers dual engineering degrees if that would help versatility. Northwestern offers dual MBA/Masters in Engineering Managment if that would be the best option someday? Versatility is what I'm looking for in engineering. Any advice and/or opinions would be appreciated. Thank You.</p>
<p>If you’re about to enter Penn State in the fall, why are you already looking at other schools?</p>
<p>I’m not necessarily. Just for a double major cuz theyre strict about it.</p>
<p>Don’t plan too much ahead of time. Trust us. Planning double maujor, master, etc at this stage is too early for you.</p>
<p>The real question is: why are you choosing PE instead of other engineering majors. I don’t know much about Penn State, but the business school is there, and if you have the chance take some business, economic courses!!
FYI, you can still change your mind and declare another major later!</p>
<p>MBA won’t get you anything good money unless you are a good business person. Graduate with something you like to do, and while in school get involved with entrepreneurship, or get an internship. Graduate on time and get into the workforce, and get work experience. These are far more important than a piece of paper called “MBA”. I mean sure MBA is nice and will boost your POTENTIAL earning, but there are too many new MBA graduates fresh out of undergraduate every year.</p>
<p>You might consider Industrial Engineering, which is basically a business degree where they also take Physics 1 and 2. </p>
<p>(…just kidding :))</p>
<p>If you go abroad you will also find product and business engineering, and etc alike. All under engineering departments (and subsequently under industrial engineering).</p>
<p>I’ve done a lot of research on PE and I think it’s something i’d like. I’ve just heard a lot about layoffs and the shaky future of oil.</p>
<p>I don’t know the job outlook of PE, so I will leave those to the professionals here.
But I think it’s helpful to clarify your usage of the word “research”.</p>
<p>Mostly just internet articles on the future of oil.</p>