<p>I want to know which engineering major mech, cs, chem etc has better job opportunities and higher salaries?</p>
<p>The economy and the job market are always changing such that you can’t really predict what it will be 4 years (or more) from now when you graduate.</p>
<p>The field that you enjoy and do a better job at will always be the better job market for you. Good engineers are always prized; mediocre and poor ones, not so much.</p>
<p>Higher salaries? Those in oil & gas. (ChemEs or PetEs typically)</p>
<p>Better opportunities? Not PetEs. They are getting saturated because of people chasing that 100K+ salary. If I had to guess, I would say one of the more general engineering fields, like Mechanical or Electrical since they can pretty much go wherever they feel like. </p>
<p>Please take HPuch35’s advice. That is what’s most important.</p>
<p>Most engineering have bimodal salary distributions. The stronger student will have potential to make 6 figs out of college regardless of the studied discipline. These jobs are with companies like google, facebook, shell, exxon, etc., but are very competitive to get into. If you’re a mid level student, most engineers can expect anywhere from 55-80 depending on the discipline.
Generally, the second peak salary ranges from highest to lowest are: ChemE=Mechanical>Electrical>>Industrial=Civil
ChemE and Mechanical being bolstered by ample opportunity in the energy/O&G industry.
Choose what you enjoy though.
If you have no preference at this point, I would pick EE, MechE or ChemE if you’re a top student, and choose between ChemE and MechE if you’re a mid level student.</p>
<p>I did not include petroleum, since only a handful of schools offer the major, and starting salaries are essentially universally high, at least for now. The market demand looks to be shrinking at this point in time.</p>
<p>Thank you very much for the insight. I m likely to go for mechE.
Thank you again.</p>