<p>What kind of jobs in industry can one expect with a masters degree in engineering physics? What discipline do most grads work in (electrical, mechanical, civil, materials, chemical, etc.)?</p>
<p>I've read a number of sources that state jobs are very difficult to come by for engineering physics grads, as the program is not known as other core engineering programs? Is there any truth to this?</p>
<p>Not a very big sample size (and it is at the bachelor’s degree level), but may give some idea:
<a href=“https://career.berkeley.edu/Major/EngrSci.stm[/url]”>https://career.berkeley.edu/Major/EngrSci.stm</a>
Although several engineering science majors are combined in this survey, engineering physics is the largest one (about half of total engineering science majors), although it is still small compared to physics or other types of engineering.</p>
<p>Although that link was helpful, I still have no clue which industries or disciplines most grads tend to work in. But, still, if graduates are opting for programming jobs, does that not imply that they are having a difficult time finding an engineering job? Even your run-of-the-mill physics grad with enough CS electives can get a programming job.</p>
<p>If it helps at all, I know someone with a BS in Engineering Physics who works at NASA JPL, but he also has an MS and PhD in another field (robotics). He has another BS in mathematics.</p>
<p>Yeah, if you’re targeting a CS job, and want to be competitive at good companies, it’s a sucker’s bet to major in anything but CS/SwE/CmpE or, possibly, EE/Math with the right electives. Just because you can find some company that will hire people to do a job they’re not prepared for doesn’t make it a good idea… it’s a seller’s market for basic programming right now, but that will dry up as outsourcing continues.</p>
<p>It was always my impression that engineering physics wasn’t a great terminal degree program for people wanting to get jobs… it could be a great stepping stone into a graduate program, though. A Eng.Phys. major who goes on to do an MS in some other discipline (licensing aside) will probably be good to go.</p>