Environmental engineer-what is that? ChemE--is it just oil/gas?

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<p>Is there a reliable website that discusses what kinds of careers you can have if you major in either of these fields and also what the future job prospects are?</p>

<p>Isn’t chemical engineering just focused mostly on the oil and gas industry?</p>

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<p>[The</a> Sloan Career Cornerstone Center](<a href=“http://www.careercornerstone.org/environmental/environmental.htm]The”>Career Cornerstone Center: Careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, Math and Medicine)</p>

<p>[The</a> Sloan Career Cornerstone Center](<a href=“http://www.careercornerstone.org/chemeng/chemeng.htm]The”>Career Cornerstone Center: Careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, Math and Medicine)</p>

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<p>Thanks, Ken!</p>

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<p>Historically yes. In recent times, chemical engineering employment has become far more diverse. For example, a large fraction of chemical engineers work in the semiconductor industry in manufacturing microchips. Furthermore, arguably the most common engineering degree that the biotechnology industry seeks is a ChemE degree. </p>

<p>However, it is still true that ChemE employment and salaries are still largely driven by the oil/gas/petrochemical industry.</p>