Should I major in engineering?

BigRev14
Sun, 27 Nov 2011 22:57:07 +0000

There is a reason the large financial firms/investment banks recruit almost solely from top (usually ivy) engineering programs.

TIMES, or maybe FORBES, had an article that I actually saw posted on this forum somewhere (link anyone?) that showed where 40% of STEM majors chose a different career path - i.e. business/finance - as opposed to their technical major.

Im willing to bet the opposite is not true; I would guess 5-15% of business/finance/econ majors might, MIGHT, end up working in a technical field.

Thus, job prospects would appear to be more plentiful for an engineering graduate as opposed to a business grad.

Note - this represents the (quite ironic) perspective of a current STEM major considering a change to finance/econ