<p>"More specifically, what I hope is that one day, engineering companies will offer such exorbitantly high pay and prestige that not only will they be considered the premier employers right out of undergrad, but people from other professions will pay small fortunes to attend Master’s in Engineering degree programs in the hopes of switching careers into engineering. "</p>
<p>Can you get an MS in engineering without getting a BS in engineering first? I mean maybe if the have a BS in chemistry you can get an MS in Chemical Engieering with just a few extra classes, but it wouldn’t exactly lend itself to an Econ major skipping thermo and kinematics and diving right into Masters in Mechanical Engineering! They would have to do a 5 year BS/MS program with no electives what-so-ever! I think if they just went back for a second BS in engineering that would be good enough.</p>