[Always Right]

About one-third of engineering graduates from MIT go into careers outside their field. Job outsourcing and work visas for foreign engineers are reducing career opportunities for American engineering graduates. According to who?

[1rudeboy]

That graphic, along with another that I used to have for Fall 2005, has killed every thread where it has been posted. Unfortunately, Mr. Roberts has more staying power.

[RightWhale]

Civil engineering seems lame for a major, but it will get a career on a silver platter, and when the PE is added a few years later the civil eng will have the world by the short hairs. If there is a pipeline or road or any other civil construction to be built there will be several civil eng present, and pulling overtime. The base salary is no indication of what the civil eng can make.

[1FreeAmerican]

What's a degree worth?
Not much in my book- I earn twice that with no college degree and an electrical contractors license.

[indthkr]

What's a Degree Worth?"

Locomotive Engineer Trainee or Truck Driver:
   Starting Salary: $40-45k /yr
   College Loans: $0
   Job Requirements: Drug Free + Driver's License
   Chance of Outsourcing/Insourcing: Very Low due to citizenship reqrments.