<p>Isn’t that because most of those EECS people go into the finance industry. ;)</p>
<p>Anyway, dunno about at MIT, but one of the highest salaries I’ve seen for EE students with a BS out here has been at the Departments of Water & Power. It actually pays better and offers more benefits than Broadcom, one of the more sought after employers here. Only catch is you have to pass your FE/EIT in two years and PE within a few years of that. Not sure if you’d be able to fit in the timeline they give without an ABET accredited degree.</p>
<p>Being a materials engineer I could care less about becoming a PE, but I still remember ABET being very important to my department in undergrad. According to one of my professors back there some of the materials science professional organizations (MRS, TMS, etc) have been pushing for some sort of standardized test to certify a materials engineer’s abilities.</p>