Anonymous
05/13/2026 07:53
Subject: What's up with all the engineering majors?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:IMO engineering is the only actually valuable/impressive undergrad degree.
I would take a math or physics major over engineering.
lol
Anonymous
05/13/2026 07:46
Subject: What's up with all the engineering majors?
Anonymous wrote:IMO engineering is the only actually valuable/impressive undergrad degree.
I would take a math or physics major over engineering.
Anonymous
05/13/2026 07:03
Subject: What's up with all the engineering majors?
Anonymous wrote:Nephew just graduated biomedical BS from large state school but not t50 program. Looking for work. Says job hunt has been brutal.
Biomedical Engineering degree is one of those that require graduate school to be most useful.
Anonymous
05/13/2026 06:56
Subject: What's up with all the engineering majors?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It is important to look at the curriculum.
Not every engineering degree is made equal if there is no objective bar and learning curve.
ABET means the minimum bar is set pretty high for accredited programs. Places like Stanford and MIT din't bother with ABET, but have a high bar anyway.
The key is to apply to an ABET program (or a program so obviously top that they don't bother).
Both MIT and Stanford have ABET programs.
Anonymous
05/13/2026 06:47
Subject: What's up with all the engineering majors?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:IMO engineering is the only actually valuable/impressive undergrad degree.
That seems unfair to BS Nursing students, who also study very hard.
I do not agree with the PP who thinks engineering is the only important degree, it is not. And BSN is certainly important. Be serious though, it is not rigorous compared to other stem degrees.
BSN is not even in the realm of close to an engineering undergrad degree. There are myriad degrees between the two that are more rigorous, such as chemistry, physics, math, even biology. BSN is an important degree and nursing is a valuable societal job, but the science courses for that degree are not the same courses taken by majors in other areas of stem.
My aunt is an NP married to an EE. Despite him taking significantly harder math and science courses for his degree, she has outearned him for the entirety of their relationship.
In 1994, the medical field discovered the trapezoidal rule, i.e., rudimentary calculus.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tai's_model
Anonymous
05/13/2026 06:39
Subject: What's up with all the engineering majors?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It's great...until you spend your days breathing in carcinogens in a refinery or paper mill.
Wait, what do you think engineers do?
Those would be industrial engineers.
you're kidding right?
Fine. Call them process engineers if you like.
lol Industrial Engineering is does not mean what you think it does. Most the industrial engineers I know are in Corporate and Management. It's more of a science, systems and math business degree .
+2
I’m in healthcare administration and have worked with a ton of industrial engineers. It’s essentially process optimization.
My husband is an engineer (electrical) and his cohort would call industrial engineers “imagineers.”
It's where the people who couldn't hack civil engineering went.
Anonymous
05/12/2026 18:57
Subject: What's up with all the engineering majors?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:IMO engineering is the only actually valuable/impressive undergrad degree.
That seems unfair to BS Nursing students, who also study very hard.
I do not agree with the PP who thinks engineering is the only important degree, it is not. And BSN is certainly important. Be serious though, it is not rigorous compared to other stem degrees.
BSN is not even in the realm of close to an engineering undergrad degree. There are myriad degrees between the two that are more rigorous, such as chemistry, physics, math, even biology. BSN is an important degree and nursing is a valuable societal job, but the science courses for that degree are not the same courses taken by majors in other areas of stem.
My aunt is an NP married to an EE. Despite him taking significantly harder math and science courses for his degree, she has outearned him for the entirety of their relationship.
Anonymous
05/12/2026 17:20
Subject: What's up with all the engineering majors?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It is important to look at the curriculum.
Not every engineering degree is made equal if there is no objective bar and learning curve.
ABET means the minimum bar is set pretty high for accredited programs. Places like Stanford and MIT din't bother with ABET, but have a high bar anyway.
The key is to apply to an ABET program (or a program so obviously top that they don't bother).
Wrong. MIT has almost all engineering degrees with ABET accreditation. Can't speak for Stanford.
Anonymous
05/12/2026 16:10
Subject: What's up with all the engineering majors?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It's great...until you spend your days breathing in carcinogens in a refinery or paper mill.
Engineers never get dirty.
My daughter is graduating on Saturday (from an ABET accredited program), has a 90k a year job she will start in July, and she is doing maintenance engineering - so will get plenty dirty working alongside the team.
Congrats on the graduation and the job! Did she major in MechE, Industrial or Systems, Operations Engineering or something else? Is this in the HVAC field? Just wondering since my DD is a mechE and it seems like most of the positions in the northeast are in the HVAC field.
It is general engineering (a very small school). She did summer research on the school's water system working alongside her school's plant team the summer before her junior year, so really liked working with the maintenance team. She used that experience to apply to a shipbuilder for her internship her summer before senior year, and worked in the maintenance engineering division that summer and that is the team that extended her employment offer.
Anonymous
05/12/2026 13:31
Subject: What's up with all the engineering majors?
Engineering grads with good people skills can do really well in technical sales of any type....downside it's sales!
You don't even necessarily need a college degree to do well in sales but technical sales with big bonuses would welcome engineering grads. It takes somebody who can talk tech, schmooz and close the deals but lots of earning potential.
Anonymous
05/12/2026 13:25
Subject: What's up with all the engineering majors?
Anonymous wrote:Nephew just graduated biomedical BS from large state school but not t50 program. Looking for work. Says job hunt has been brutal.
Biomedical is a tough one. It's like jack of all trades master of none. it's kind of an engineering discipline that touches on a lot of different ones like mechanical, a little bit of electrical etc. I think deep diving into one has better job potentials BM is very niche.
Anonymous
05/12/2026 12:49
Subject: Re:What's up with all the engineering majors?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Where are all these engineering students coming from if our math and science scores are in the toilet?
the top students.
Engineering has always attracted top students.
Anonymous
05/12/2026 12:45
Subject: What's up with all the engineering majors?
Weird question: is systems engineering valuable? I'm not an engineer, you can tell. What is it? Is it basically quality management for engineering? Is it a growing field?
Anonymous
05/12/2026 12:41
Subject: Re:What's up with all the engineering majors?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Where are all these engineering students coming from if our math and science scores are in the toilet?
the top students.
and international students.
Anonymous
05/12/2026 12:36
Subject: What's up with all the engineering majors?
Civil is the way to go, plenty of jobs around.