| I'm surprised that ExxonMobbil did drilling and usually drilling jobs are often base + bonus, where the bonus is like equivalent to your base salary. Most oil companies just contract out upstream to Schlumberger or Haliburton.
Note, median salary is not the same as mean salary. Many times you get people who take a job in nonprofit, teaching or change jobs.
Majority of oil pays 70k, while manufacturing/rest pays 60k. Assume 50% oil, 50% manufacturing, and you get 65k.
I would recommend you to go to a campus you can fit better into, thus you'll do better. ChemE is not the easiest major, you'll want to cry at times.
ChemE at UCLA is more biomolecular focused. Amgen, Genetech, Baxter are big hirers of UCLA ChemEs.
- TB54, UCLA ChemE 08 | 
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