Anonymous
05/13/2026 09:52
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.
Only if you want to work in finance.
Anonymous
05/13/2026 09:05
Subject: What's up with all the engineering majors?
interesting.
Anonymous
05/13/2026 08:20
Subject: What's up with all the engineering majors?
Anonymous wrote: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?
No. several top schools stopped offering it or never did
Anonymous
05/13/2026 08:19
Subject: What's up with all the engineering majors?
Anonymous wrote:βon the way up fast: AI, materials science, quantum;
popular, highly competitive for phD, and not in danger of peaking anytime soon: molecular, biomedical, aero;
just past peak but strong at the phD level:ββ
I would add chemical engineering as well. Some top schools like Georgia Tech offer a Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering degree.
Yes. Those are the top areas, and the molecular side of ChemE is rising fast