<p>Which Engineering Major Has The Best Job Outlook?</p>
<p>Personally, I want to say computer science or computer engineering.</p>
<p>You can get a job with any of the engineering degrees, heck Civil Engineers make good janitors…</p>
<p>All jesting aside, I would agree with Kyt and add that Chemical and Mechanical are always in demand as well, though Computer guys have better luck transcending industries. Had I to do it over (I’m a ChemE) I would still do ChemE but move into business a lot sooner, but that’s preference. Look for a career and not a job, the difference being continual upward movement.</p>
<p>Why would CS/CE people have better luck transcending industries? CS is a huge field, but I’ve always thought it’s mostly isolated from other engineering disciplines (except for maybe EE). Unless you mean that a CS person could do other engineering stuff for an ancillary role that requires programming skills. I just find it hard to imagine our hypothetical CS guy being able to fulfill the primary role of a Chemical Engineer, for example.</p>
<p>Industrial engineering is a very good choice as well. Industrial uses programming among other things.</p>
<p>Computer engineering is half EE and half CS, so really it’s not fully of anything. CS and software development is high in demand, so are certain fields in EE. - EE major</p>
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<p>Computer Engineering is just a subfield of EE, it’s not really half EE half CS. It just has a bit more emphasis on programming than some other EE subfields.</p>
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<p>Finally someone who actually knows what CmpE is…</p>
<p>I know a guy who graduated with a bs in comp eng and is getting a masters in electrical eng.</p>
<p>back to the question. I’m a comp eng so I’m biased towards that but I would maybe say mechanical as the more core disciplines. the fields related to integrated circuit fabrication are going to get big in the next ten years as silicon’s limits are pushed. there’s going to be a need for a new material (probably carbon) which will require engineers to implement it</p>
<p>you really have to choose based on what appeals to you. I gravitated naturally towards comp eng as a computer power user and a kid that liked to build circuits. if you asked me to do architectural or mechanical I would resist with every fabric of my being</p>
<p>syoware is absolutely correct! LOL, I absolutely HATED my curcuits and thermodynamic classes. I didn’t want to do anything other than structures.</p>
<p>In terms of versatility and longevity, I would say electrical engineering. You can always find work as a Chem E but it can be very dependent of geography.</p>
<p>Bumpppppppppp</p>
<p>Software Engineering has the most jobs out of any other engineering discipline. However Software Engineering isn’t really “engineering” in the way most people think of what engineering is… making physical things like cell phones, roads, buildings, etc. So aside from this I wouldn’t know. Check bls.gov</p>
<p>I just want to point out that ChemE demand is expected to decrease in the next few years. Of course this doesn’t mean there won’t be jobs or anything, we’ll still be called upon. I would say probably Computer Engineering though also. It’s a growing field and Environmental Engineering.</p>
<p>Software engineer is and will be in demand and that will always outpace outsourcing. If you want to go that route do Computer Science or, if they offer it, Software Engineering. As a computer engineering student I dread being pidgeon-holed into software, but I know there are infinitely more jobs in software than hardware</p>
<p>I applied to most of my schools as a chemical engineering major. Do you think that switching to biomedical would have a better job outlook?</p>
<p>IMO Chemical Engineering is the most versatile degree. </p>
<p>Most the Chemical Engineers that I know do not work in the chemical or energy industries. In the upper Midwest only about 5% of Chemical Engineers have the word Chemical in their job title. The forecast for job growth may be related to job title and not demand for Chemical Engineers.</p>
<p>I do know chemical engineers working for the following companies: Genentech, Merk, General Electric, Eli Lilly, Medtronic’s, 3M, General Mills, Kraft, Nestl</p>
<p>Wow, thanks ThinkSnow for your input! I agree with you on that.</p>
<p>Vloria,
Here are the footnotes.
- If Exxon hired 500 Chemical Engineers there will be a ripple effect across the whole country.
- The night before a test on Electrical motors you will read the Electrical Engineering text book not the Physical Chemistry text book. Real word problems and job functions do not have sharp lines separating different undergraduate degrees. General Mills may consider a Mechanical Engineer or Chemical Engineer for the same job opening.<br>
- People skills and writing skills are important.</p>
<p>bump this up</p>