<p>It’s very confusing isn’t it? In a general way ECE is more hardware and CS is more software. When someone asked this question at an Open House they said there was a lot of overlap in courses. I do know that there is a pretty specific set of courses the SCS students have to take, not sure what the ECE students need to cover, but all the catalogs and requirements are on line if you dig around enough. Since the School of Computer Science requires a minor you may actually be able to have ECE as your minor. As bookworm says you can always apply to both schools and then make the final decision in April after talking to people in both departments. One’s not necessarily better than the other, though the School of Computer Science is a little harder to get into to and starting salaries are slightly higher.</p>
<p>This page shows average salaries for engineering broken down by specialty and I has links to pdf to see where kids got jobs: [College</a> of Engineering - Post-Graduation Survey Results - Information for Students and Alumni - Career Center - Student Affairs](<a href=“http://www.studentaffairs.cmu.edu/career/employ/salary/cit.html]College”>http://www.studentaffairs.cmu.edu/career/employ/salary/cit.html) and <a href=“http://www.studentaffairs.cmu.edu/career/employ/salary/ECE.pdf[/url]”>http://www.studentaffairs.cmu.edu/career/employ/salary/ECE.pdf</a></p>
<p>Similar info for School of Computer Science: [Welcome</a> to SCS Career Services Center at Carnegie Mellon University](<a href=“http://www.studentaffairs.cmu.edu/career/scs/JobSearch/stats.html]Welcome”>http://www.studentaffairs.cmu.edu/career/scs/JobSearch/stats.html)</p>
<p>I think my son will easily be able to graduate a year early if he likes with his AP credits. So far he’s not been overworked.</p>