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No, the linked starting salary report was based on surveys during the period 05/16/2013 to 08/13/2013 . Payscale surveys during earlier years show a similar result.</p>
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They specify the most common job titles groups for different majors. The most common job title group for persons with a BS in EE was “electrical engineer,” and the median entry level salary for that “electrical engineer” job title group was $62,200. The number BSEE’s with job a job title group of software engineer (the most common one for CS majors) was 9x smaller than the number of BSEE’s with a job title of electrical engineer.</p>
<p>If you don’t believe Payscale, other surveys show a similar result. For example, National Association of Colleges and Employers does a starting salary survey for different majors several times per year. They group EE majors with electronics technology type majors, which pulls EE down, yet in their latest survey from earlier in 2014, there was still only a $1700 difference between the starting salaries of EE and CS majors. In 2004, the gap was slightly under $1000, so the survey shows little relative change between the majors over the past decade.</p>
<p>I also was an electrical engineering major. I started at a position that required a BSEE degree, and I currently work at position that requires an EE degree (job listing would specify higher than bachelor’s). An EE degree may have been a poor choice for your family, but that doesn’t mean all other EE majors will have similar experiences.</p>