The immediate payoff for Engineering is really good, around $45-50k, except for Civil Engineering. They start off on the low end of the scale, around $35k. When you become a Professional Engineer, you get a big pay boost, which is bigger for Civils, and puts them even with other Engineers. As far as Computer Science goes, you have to enjoy sitting in front of a computer typing in code all day. I did it last summer and hated it! In each engineering major, there are so many different fields you can go into, it's hard not to find a job you like. Many of my friends are going to grad school, most for MBA, and several others are going into the Air Force.
Anyway, although the money is good for engineering, I wouldn't have chosen it if I didn't like it. I would rather have a job I like than make great money. Not to say I wouldn't take a job that wasn't my dream job for the right money. I just couldn't stand to go to work every day knowing I would despise it, regardless how much I was making!
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Steve Corbin
Lambda Chi Alpha
Theta Kappa Chapter
Rose-Hulman Inst. of Tech.
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