<p>I don’t know much about Aerospace, and it’s probably too late for the OP to change his major. Anyway, here’s my view:</p>
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Computer Science majors have a pretty easy time of finding a job right out of college, and their starting salary is much higher than many other majors. However, this comes at a price: Older CS majors are far more likely to get laid off/fired than older civil engineers (or older accountants, doctors, or lawyers), and you always have to keep up with whatever programming language, operating system, database, etc. that is in style.</p>
<p>Civil Engineering has good long term job prospects due to population growth and aging infrastructure, but the short term job prospects are terrible (due to the housing market crash and reduced construction activity). It’s incredibly hard to get your foot in the door, and you’ll have to get a lot of internship experience and extracurricular engineering work (Concrete Canoe, Steel Bridge, etc) in addition to maintaining a solid GPA. Even then, a lot of it comes done to luck, and you’ll have to network like a pro and be willing to relocate anywhere in the country to get that first entry level job.</p>
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The pay for Civil Engineering is similar to that of many other engineering majors. From: [url=<a href=“http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos027.htm]Engineers[/url”>http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos027.htm]Engineers[/url</a>]</p>
<p>Median salary for Civil Engineers: $74,600/yr
Median salary for Mechanical Engineers: $74,920/yr
Median salary for Industrial Engineers: $73,820/yr
Median salary for Electrical Engineers: $82,160/yr
Median salary for Biomedical Engineers: $77,400/yr</p>