The premise of this thread is already ridiculous. Comparing nursing and engineering is ludicrous….With a nursing degree you can be ……a nurse…or work in the health field..

You are limited. With an engineering degree you can do anything. Any employer on basically any field understands you are getting a problem solver who can get things done.

Anonymous wrote:In the Midwest, you can have a nursing degree from a straight-up diploma mill and still get a job.

I'm glad a nursing degree is easily accessible. We need more of them.

In the Midwest, you can have a nursing degree from a straight-up diploma mill and still get a job.

I have to laugh at the salary charts (post grad). We had one of ours go on to play in the NFL. His salary alone busted our “average” for several years. Seemed like an average student (but spent an insane amount of time prepping for or playing ball), nice guy, short pro career, now a PE. My hat’s off to him.

2025 Best Colleges for Salary Impact

https://poetsandquantsforundergrads.com/news/wall-street-journals-2025-best-colleges-in-america/4/

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Anonymous wrote:The WSJ did a ranking of best colleges for engineering by salary.

Surprised that Ga Tech doesn't show up anywhere...though on the flip side you have schools like Montana Technological University ahead of UT Austin, UCSD et al.

I assume some of the results are locational...why UC Santa Cruz and San Jose State do very well.

https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/top-colleges-high-paying-jobs-engineering-7be5d8f2?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=ASWzDAiQHHsNJJWOxZxT7JhtTz4iggf6QNsZmBHnlfxkUtCSjNttUKMjFxNOMEmG0KM%3D&gaa_ts=687e51ea&gaa_sig=3yIzmgPFBEy0di0Q6J0mlHe9IKQF3fTAJhALNurjZbD9-CNuI1E9P3fqpfUKpmGsDI6D9X6a5_JDEykTtKDh6w%3D%3D

You are trying to hard. WSJ rankings? lol

Here is one from this year

https://www.educatly.com/blog/753/top-8-engineering-colleges-for-highest-graduate-salaries-in-2025

Maybe this list is directionally correct, but where are they coming up with these salary numbers? I barely know anyone graduating from MIT or Stanford only making $80k or $85k.

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Anonymous wrote:The WSJ did a ranking of best colleges for engineering by salary.

Surprised that Ga Tech doesn't show up anywhere...though on the flip side you have schools like Montana Technological University ahead of UT Austin, UCSD et al.

I assume some of the results are locational...why UC Santa Cruz and San Jose State do very well.

https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/top-colleges-high-paying-jobs-engineering-7be5d8f2?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=ASWzDAiQHHsNJJWOxZxT7JhtTz4iggf6QNsZmBHnlfxkUtCSjNttUKMjFxNOMEmG0KM%3D&gaa_ts=687e51ea&gaa_sig=3yIzmgPFBEy0di0Q6J0mlHe9IKQF3fTAJhALNurjZbD9-CNuI1E9P3fqpfUKpmGsDI6D9X6a5_JDEykTtKDh6w%3D%3D

You are trying to hard. WSJ rankings? lol

Here is one from this year

https://www.educatly.com/blog/753/top-8-engineering-colleges-for-highest-graduate-salaries-in-2025

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Anonymous wrote:The WSJ did a ranking of best colleges for engineering by salary.

Surprised that Ga Tech doesn't show up anywhere...though on the flip side you have schools like Montana Technological University ahead of UT Austin, UCSD et al.

I assume some of the results are locational...why UC Santa Cruz and San Jose State do very well.

https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/top-colleges-high-paying-jobs-engineering-7be5d8f2?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=ASWzDAiQHHsNJJWOxZxT7JhtTz4iggf6QNsZmBHnlfxkUtCSjNttUKMjFxNOMEmG0KM%3D&gaa_ts=687e51ea&gaa_sig=3yIzmgPFBEy0di0Q6J0mlHe9IKQF3fTAJhALNurjZbD9-CNuI1E9P3fqpfUKpmGsDI6D9X6a5_JDEykTtKDh6w%3D%3D

You are trying to hard. WSJ rankings? lol

Maybe listing is a better choice of words?

It's just showing which graduates earn the most actually working in engineering (so, no it's not including Harvard engineering grads that go work for Citadel).

Seems like a relevant list for this thread.

Anonymous wrote:Anything with a rigorous licensing process that exists outside the school structure (for example nursing license , physician license) and has a shortage = school does not matter. It may matter if you want a certain prestigious job like academics or teaching but otherwise no.

I think this is true also. My child is going for accounting and plans on getting his CPA. He even says why spend so much on expensive colleges and chose instate public that has a strong accounting program. Fingers crossed!