WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH AN

ENGINEERING DEGREE?
The salaries and types of jobs available to different engineering
majors.

NEW JOBS
Environmental
Electronics 3% Civil
6.2% 21.8%

Nearly 140,000 new jobs are All Other

20.5%
expected for engineers
Mechanical
between 2016-2026.
17.1%

Electrical
11% Industrial
17%

SALARY
The median salary in 2016 for all engineering occupations was:
150,000
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EDUCATION
Mechanical

Computer Science
The top bachelor’s
Electrical degrees awarded in the
U.S. in 2017 were
Civil mechanical, computer
science, electrical, and
Chemical
civil engineering.
Biomedical
= 2000 college graduates

Industrial

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In a decade, there has been a 37% increase in bachelor’s degrees in

engineering awarded.
25,000 KEY
Electrical
Mechanical
20,000 Civil
Chemical

15,000

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2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012

ARE YOU READY TO GO INTO THE ENGINEERING FIELD?

Sources for Statistical Data:
Bureau of Labor Statistics: https://www.bls.gov/careeroutlook/2018/article/engineers.htm
National Science Foundation: https://nsf.gov/nsb/sei/edTool/data/engineering-01.html
American Society for Engineering Education: https://www.asee.org/documents/papers-and-publications/publications/college-profiles/2017-Engineering-by-Numbers-Engineering-
Statistics.pdf