<p>slipper, I was referring to Engineering programs assuming students are interested in the field of Engineering as a career. </p>
<p>Furthermore, it is not only at Ivy League universities that a large number of Engineering majors decide to go into alternative fields such as Banking, Consulting, Law etc… That’s the case at any top-ranked Engineering program within a top university, including Cal, Duke, MIT, Michigan, Northwestern, Stanford etc…</p>
<p>Finally, I am not so sure that Banking (at this point in time) and Consulting are significantly more lucrative than Engineering. Most Engineers whom I went to college with earn well over $150,000/year at this stage in their career, working as project managers and executives within Engineering firms. Several of them have stock options worth over a million dollars, should they choose to exercise them.</p>