| Well, just from looking at the MIT and Stanford surveys for MS graduates, it looks like $70,000 for most engineering fields is about average. None of the engineering MS grads for MIT started at even close to $130,000 and the one for Stanford that did was for a MS in "management science and engineering," and presumably was not making that kind of money from a traditional engineering job. Even if you assume that MIT/Stanford MS grads who went to Caltech for their BS do better than average, most are not going to be starting at even close to $100,000. Engineering is a stable field and makes a good salary, but most engineering jobs just don't roll in the dough like you seem to expect them too. |