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jmilton90 · 05-08-2008, 10:20 AM

I came from UCSB ChemE, 95% of my class went on to take on ChemE professions/grad school. The last 5% went on to do consulting/finance straight out from UCSB.

Also, I don't think you'll have a problem finding a job in another sector if you graduate from UCSB. I think the median starting salary of my year was like 65k (no joke, fresh out of college), the highest I heard was ~90k I think with ExxonMobil or some other big oil in off shore drilling operations. Everyone in the chemical engineering industry knows about the top-level chemical engineering at UCSB. I barely hear anything about UCLA chemE. You should really talk to "real" people who are in the business and you will know for sure that UCSB is the place to be.

It's not like an entire new world of alternative job prospects will open just because you went to UCLA or that you'll get an extra salary boost btw. UCSB also have those opportunities as mentioned.

05-08-2008, 10:20 AM	#12
jmilton90 Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 435	I came from UCSB ChemE, 95% of my class went on to take on ChemE professions/grad school. The last 5% went on to do consulting/finance straight out from UCSB. Also, I don't think you'll have a problem finding a job in another sector if you graduate from UCSB. I think the median starting salary of my year was like 65k (no joke, fresh out of college), the highest I heard was ~90k I think with ExxonMobil or some other big oil in off shore drilling operations. Everyone in the chemical engineering industry knows about the top-level chemical engineering at UCSB. I barely hear anything about UCLA chemE. You should really talk to "real" people who are in the business and you will know for sure that UCSB is the place to be. It's not like an entire new world of alternative job prospects will open just because you went to UCLA or that you'll get an extra salary boost btw. UCSB also have those opportunities as mentioned. Last edited by jmilton90; 05-08-2008 at 10:34 AM.