Should I major in engineering?

angryelf
Sat, 26 Nov 2011 01:24:34 +0000

^^
He asked about accounting versus engineering.
Accounting job prospects are solid. You’ll start off making nominally less than engineers but also have the potential to earn higher salaries.

You cannot do accounting with an engineering degree.
You also cannot do engineering with an accounting degree.

There are also plenty of fields that pay much higher than engineering (consulting, finance, …)

I can also tell you that since 2010, at least for my school, the median starting salary for businesses majors has been higher than engineering majors, though the difference isn’t large enough to be relevant.

Your best bet is to try and find a field that you’re interested in and takes a fair amount of people out of undergrad. Whether that fields is accounting or engineering is irrelevant.
Then pick a major accordingly.
Engineering is also not something people typically succeed in if they ultimately aren’t interested in this. You’re much better off being an accounting major than an engineer major with below a 3.0