<p>I keep thinking about my friend with a chemical engineering degree from Cooper Union. Couldn’t get a job out of college 25 years ago. After almost a year of searching, he was offered a job as…an actuary. Never looked back.</p>
<p>My family is kicking around this very question. Wife is an actuary (degrees in math and computer science), son wants to study engineering. Where it goes from there remains to be seen. Engineering career, actuary, maybe even Wall Street. I think the engineering degree keeps all options open.</p>