If I get a master’s degree in computer engineering at GA Tech and graduate with a 3.8 GPA, about how much will my salary be as a computer hardware engineer?
Salary is only part of the compensation package. The son of a friend graduated with a similar GPA as you and a similar major, and got an six figure offer from a major tech firm with stock options that vested in three years. If he stayed at the position for three years, the stock would have been worth $250,000.
Why do you want to know? From the looks of your other threads, you’re a high school senior choosing colleges right now. It’s a bit early to worry about this! You should also consider working a few years before getting an MS.
It really depends. Your salary isn’t so much dependent on where you went to school as it is on the kind of degree you hold and the kind of work we do. At the same company, an MS in computer engineering from GT is going to make about the same as an MS in computer engineering from - I don’t know - Ohio State or RIT.
Your GPA doesn’t really matter that much for your MS for employment. Nobody’s going to ask.
According to the Bureau of Labor Services, computer hardware engineers make a median yearly salary of $111,730. The lowest 25% make under $86,000 a year, and the highest 75% make over $141,000 a year. So you can see there’s a bit of a range. If you work at a major tech company, you’ll probably come in higher than $111,730 (probably quite a bit higher). And, as Zinhead says, base pay is only part of your compensation. There are bonuses, stock/stock options (although a situation in which your stock would be worth $250,000 in three years is relatively unusual), benefits (health insurance, life insurance, etc.) and perks (like free food, massages on Fridays, free games/hardware, etc.) So you have to weigh all of those in a decision.
You may want to look for yourself what Georgia Tech graduates have been finding at
https://webapps.gatech.edu/cfcampus/adors/commencement/salary_report.cfm
Of course, economic and industry cycles are not necessarily predictable, so past graduates’ reports do not guarantee your future results.
From the OP’s other threads she is a Junior who hasn’t yet taken the ACT or SAT, but now accepted to other schools, denied from Georgia Tech, I’m just not following… :-?
@Fishnlines29 I didn’t want colleges knowing I have a cc account so I share an account with my younger sister. I’m a senior I’ve taken the act and sat my sister Ami has not. I got denied to ga tech and I plan on transferring to ga after my freshman year. Ami still want to go being to ga tech as a freshman…It’s not that difficult to follow
That’s against the terms and conditions – make your own account.
Oh come on. Lose the attitude.
There is no attitude. Who honestly reads the terms and conditions? Report me if you want but I don’t see why it so hard to understand. After sending college apps most people make their social media private and since you can’t do that with cc, I share an account.
…You’re still sharing the personal information you’d be sharing on your own account, and now it’s even linked to your sister, whose personal information is ALSO on that account you’re using. I fail to see how this makes any privacy concerns better.
@Amib91 @bodangles is correct, you cannot share an account. It was confusing trying to figure out why your posts weren’t matching up. I don’t really understand your points about how you don’t want colleges to know you are posting on cc or how sharing an account makes it private. CC is an anonymous website. You have no idea who I am.
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