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You want to pursue a career that will allow you to live comfortably. We'd like to assist you in that process. This age-old concern is our meat and potatoes.
Take note: Engineers of all stripes tend to make decent money. That extra cash even allows them to spend their off-hours building doomsday devices. Sound appealing to you? Great.
There are at least five engineering degrees that post blockbuster median mid-career earnings (source):
- chemical engineering ($109,000 per year)
- electrical engineering ($103,000 per year)
- materials science and engineering ($103,000 per year)
- aerospace engineering ($102,000 per year)
- computer engineering ($101,000 per year)
The high return on your investment in these majors makes them incredibly attractive to students with strong science and math skills.
Sorry, poets. We just don't have that kind of pull.