engineering majors that would pay me well right out of college

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<p>i plan to work right after i complete my undergraduate.
and after some(5-7), I intend on getting a masters or something else but not right after i complete my undergrad.</p>

<p>which one would pay me the best just for an undergrad?</p>

<p>p.s. : please avoid petroleum engineering.</p>

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<p>Well I would say mechanical/chemical but that’s only because there’s high paying opportunities in oil which you don’t seem to be too keen on. I would think if you were some all star software/computer guy you could make some good money. Other than that I don’t know.</p>

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<p>Chemical would pay the most. Followed by electrical/computer.</p>

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<p>mechanical?
i always thought mechanical engineers were paid less in comparison with others but its a flexible field so it attracts more people.also,many majoring in it end up going for aero or something for masters but i am not at all sure.
can anyone please confirm this?</p>

<p>and i assume computer geeks make marginally more than other engineers currently unless you graduated some 10-12 years ago but then again,its just an assumption from what people told me when I was in middle school;i don’t know the current outlook.</p>

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<p>All engineering disciplines will pay well. Choose the discipline that interests you most.</p>

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<p>^^^ I completely agree with aregularguy if you pursue any core engineering major (Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, and Civil) you’re guaranteed a pretty decent paycheck. But if you plan on starting after getting an undergrad degree then i think aerospace, chem, mechanical, nuclear, and electrical are going to be the highest paying. Not sure about biomedical, you might need to go for a masters until you start making the big bucks there.</p>

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<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/internships-careers-employment/1121619-university-graduate-career-surveys.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/internships-careers-employment/1121619-university-graduate-career-surveys.html&lt;/a&gt; may help you, but be careful about economic and industry cycles. You may want to compare several years’ worth of surveys. Also, things can change in the short and long term future.</p>

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<p>I prefer to look at the Berkeley data because I think that it is more representative of the kinds of students that go on CC. I also think that the data is higher quality than the data on payscale or other such surveys. </p>

<p><a href=“https://career.berkeley.edu/Major/Major.stm[/url]”>https://career.berkeley.edu/Major/Major.stm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>For engineering majors: </p>

<p>Civil: 42k, 20% unemployed
EECS: 73k, 7% unemployed
Engineering Sciences: 66k, 13% unemployed
IE: 57k, 12% unemployed
MechE: 63k, 17% unemployed</p>

<p>It looks like software engineers make more than traditional engineers, and I suppose the EECS grads have an easier time getting into those jobs.</p>

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If you think about the BLS OOH numbers and consider how many CS/SwE majors graduate (compared to engineering majors), the situation at Berkeley seems to follow the national trend (except for salary, but perhaps this is to be expected).</p>

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<p>I’d like ME to pay well. I am not worried though. I came to college thinking I’d do Nuclear and then felt it was too specialized and then the whole Japan thing didn’t help… Now I’m down for ME and even though its pretty crowded I figure if I make myself stand out everything will work out.</p>