<p>What schools have a particularly large percentage of engineering students entering fields such as consulting, finance, etc.? One of my professors told me that of my engineering school, 1/3 of graduates go into engineering industry, 1/3 go to grad school, and 1/3 go into a non-engineering job. Is this ratio higher than most places?</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/internships-careers-employment/1121619-university-graduate-career-surveys-4.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/internships-careers-employment/1121619-university-graduate-career-surveys-4.html</a> might help you with this question (at least for the surveys that list employers and/or job titles).</p>
<p>Investment banking and consulting jobs are most likely from the “prestige” schools (even if they are not considered the top schools for engineering), since those employers are extremely school-prestige-conscious.</p>
<p>I think it just depends on whether you go through your degree and decide you like it or not. I don’t think it has anything to do with the school. my school said about the same thing to us.</p>
<p>The Ivy League schools which offer engineering (with the possible exception of Cornell) have a have a relatively low percentage of graduates go to work in industry as an engineer.</p>