<p>I was reading this article, and it mentioned the average engineering starting salary for UM graduates. Take a look.</p>
<p>Yes, those are good numbers for a starting salary. And those are only the average, too. UM engineering is one of the nation's best.</p>
<p>well, assume u GET a job............</p>
<p>redhare- the numbers at the bottom are UM's alone</p>
<p>Actually, those are 2003-2004 averages. The 2005-2006 averages are significantly higher.</p>
<p>I don't know if it is true, but it is often repeated that engineers have a glass ceiling for salary, lacking the potential for big numbers further down the road.</p>
<p>Getting the "business" side of the equation is incredibly important. My father went to Cooper Union, then Stanford on an NSF fellowship where he received his Ph.D.EE -- he's worked in the private sector his entire life and did well, but not nearly as well as a friend of his, for instance, who pursued an M.B.A. on evenings instead of going to graduate school for engr.</p>
<p>This is what I heard: Engineers have a great starting salary and can reach $100k (or any low 6 figure salary) with experience, but going beyond that flat $100k is difficult. A business major would easily go past that amount. I don't know how true that is.</p>
<p>You will find similar results at Illinois, Purdue, Wisconsin, PSU and other good engineering schools around the Big 10 and the US.</p>