Is Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) Worth It? Jobs after College?

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<p>Hi,</p>

<p>I'm a freshmen engineer that is about to choose majors. I need opinions on people doing MSE. Is it hard to find internships? Thes ones I'm looking at seem to take the general engineering principals more than MSE. Sorta off the edge on that..
What type of jobs do you have? Like all I have heard is research in essence at schools, but nothing else. Any opinions AT all will help me with this decision. The other option i'm considering is mechanical. I heard MSE was derived from mechE and its pretty broad too so I can virtually pursue any field I want to in essence.</p>

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<p>Mechanical Engineering is one of the more general engineering degrees and you can go a number different directions with it. On the other hand materials science has broad applicability and touches many different industries. In addition, graduate MSE programs have no problem taking students from diverse backgrounds such as Mechanical Engineering, physics and chemistry.</p>

<p>As far as jobs are concerned, ME and MSE both have comparable job outlooks and salaries</p>

<p>[Materials</a> Engineers : Occupational Outlook Handbook : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics](<a href=“http://www.bls.gov/ooh/architecture-and-engineering/materials-engineers.htm]Materials”>http://www.bls.gov/ooh/architecture-and-engineering/materials-engineers.htm)
[Mechanical</a> Engineers : Occupational Outlook Handbook : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics](<a href=“http://www.bls.gov/ooh/architecture-and-engineering/mechanical-engineers.htm]Mechanical”>http://www.bls.gov/ooh/architecture-and-engineering/mechanical-engineers.htm)</p>

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<p>Anyone else?</p>

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<p>This all depends on who you’re talking to. If you talk to a mechanical engineer, they’ll say MSE came out of mechanical testing of materials. If you talk to a chemical engineer, they’d say it came out of needing to understand the processing of materials better. If you talk to an applied physicist they say it came out of physics. It’s really a broad field that can be applied to just about every engineering and science discipline out there. From biomimetics to carbon nanotubes to testing aircraft landing gear for corrosion fatigue issues, it’s all materials.</p>

<p>ucbalumnus has a good thread on the forums with job outlook info for a ton of schools, I suggest you take a look in there and see what sort of outcomes MSE majors have.</p>

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<p>I can’t seem to find it. I looked at all the thread names and nothing seemed to mention what you are saying.</p>

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<p>I’m a Materials Engineer from Cal Poly SLO, graduating this June, and I’d say it’s worth it.</p>

<p>I’ve got a job lined up at a major oil refinery (as do three of my classmates, all at different refineries), many of the other seniors have jobs lined up in just about every field imaginable: aerospace, composites, semiconductors, computers, biomedical and all manner of other industries.</p>

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<p>Here you go: <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;&lt;/p&gt;