<p>Engineering will never be TOO popular, unlike business as a major. Interest as well as ability is required. There are much easier ways to make money for most people. My father got his EE degree courtesy of the Navy circa WWII (they paid for his education), the war ended and he chose the specific type based on options available to him. Never heard of any engineering courses in HS. The sciences have some things in common with engineering fields but the two are very different. I was a chemistry major but chemical engineering never had any appeal for me. Somewhat like applied versus theoretical math and physics- they share a lot but are different approaches in choosing and solving problems. Different fields of engineering have different values over the years- some didn’t exist in my (or my father’s) generation and others are less useful than in the past. I also know of engineers who go on to get an MBA and become valuable to corporations with their dual skills.</p>