Engineering Degree Tier List (2024)

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[gamingsoup]

As someone who graduated with petroleum engineering in 2020 and who is still yet to find an engineering job….I’d rank it a lot lower as I know several other classmates who had to switch paths.

[aadamsafi]

For employability and demand, Mechanical Engineers are the most versatile. I chose Mech Eng, as it’s like the “Jack of All Trades” discipline. Since I’ve graduated, my classmates have gone into Project Management, Automotive Engineering, Software, Electrical, Maritime, Facade Engineering, Aerospace, Design some work in Oil and Gas now too.

I started out as a Project Engineer once I graduated with my Mech Degree, but now I’m working in Fire Engineering. You can literally go anywhere!

Mechanical Engineering GOATed

[TheExaltedHerobrine]

Some people confuse Computer Engineering with Computer Science but they are NOT the same thing!

[peterdactyl]

Tips for Civil students, based on my experiences:

0. Get your FE Senior year. An applicant to an entry level position without an FE goes to the bottom of my resume pile because I assume they are unmotivated. Get summer internships in the industry you want to work in, that's far more appealing than an awesome GPA but no work experience.
1. In Civil, you are not really an engineer until you are a PE. Get your PE as soon as possible, typically this should be about 4 years after graduation. Take it in another state if yours requires more time and apply for reciprocity when able.
2. Don't go straight to consulting or government jobs. Pay can be much better at design build/firms. I started at 65k in 2012 with a BS, 10 years later I'm usually around 140k with bonuses. I do not live or work in a big city or metro area or anywhere you've probably even heard of. I did travel a lot the first several years, but that can be fun when you are young.
3. Masters can be helpful, but don't waste your time and money on a PhD. My company will not hire PhDs - too much time in academia is a bad thing when it comes to being productive and competitive commercially.
4. Don't let yourself become too specialized. If tomorrow someone invents a technology that makes roads obsolete, but all you've done for the past 25 years is design roads, you're in trouble.
5. Learn from the blue collar guys you will work with. Show them the respect they deserve and they will help you, treat them poorly and they'll be your worst nightmare. Even though you have an engineering degree, they know more than you when it comes to actually building stuff. Your education doesn't stop at graduation.

[KeithRowley]

After graduating in Electrical/Electronic Engineering and practising across a range of disciplines, I spent much of my engineering career as a systems engineer. Best move I ever made; multidisciplinary, technology spanning role that allows you to control and specify all elements across products and systems. Good math essential, but even more, a top down and bottom up view of development processes that can make or break a company. Always loved it and still do!

[KK-wxmi]

It’s weird how material engineering gets such an underrated rep. Almost every major engineering company has a Sector for material science, even clothing brands such as lulu lemon give summer internships to material engineering students. Everything has a material. Sure you study materials in other programs like ME, but you only scratch the surface of it. Material engineering has crazy potential, such as environmentally friendly materials, air craft & space craft, materials used in particle accelerators as well as nuclear reactors, as well as gravity detecting materials. Should be at the very least B-tier. And that’s if you’re low balling.

[Lehpurdzzz]

I’m an EE and yea, it’s incredibly versatile. Pure software, embedded software, pcb design, controls and power distribution all in one, with a little bit of solidworks and 3D printing along the way.

Was fuckin hard though lol, like getting dragged by a horse for 4 years. Lot of those classes REALLY weeded people out with no mercy. At my school only 16% of proposed EE Freshman actually graduated with an EE degree 😅 You better be brilliant at applied math/physics and even then good luck!

Also, if you don’t have good communication skills- invest in that first. No way in hell you’re landing a good role if you can’t do a quick and concise breakdown of your experience.

[dabosswoohoo]

While I am a little biased, I believe materials engineering is one of the most applicable degrees in the field. With it you can go into practically any other field (besides computer science, but coding can be learned on your own time). Materials engineers are often picked up for nuclear, electrical, nano, and mechanical engineers when not hired specifically as a “materials engineer”. All companies that produce a product benefit from having material engineers, and the developing/improving of materials is vital for every industry.

[DarkSide-ynsp]

I'm gonna have to disagree with aerospace engineering, you can practically get into any engineering job requiring moving parts and airflow, so you point on "boom or bust" I think is invalid, because of the range you get with an aerospace engineering degree, you can go from designing rockets to making parts for commercial airplanes, all the way to bullet, bicycle, even architectural design

[JackoBanon]

I'm an electrical engineer in my 30s now and in my 20s I wasn't quite sure if it was a good choice.
But nowadays I get paid very well and companies everywhere are looking for electrical engineers. I switched companies several times already and everytime I was able to increase my salary by a big percentage. Right now I'm applying for a new job at different companies and you can really feel how they are desperately searching for employees of this profession.

[JacobWakefield]

Format Request: A short summary of the rankings, noting a dominant characteristic that locates each item in its tier. For instance, "Wrapping up, S-tier contains Software Engineering and Computer Engineering, both characterized by chart topping demand and consistently high compensation, and Electrical Engineering with comparable demand and better flexiblity ..., B-tier we have BME with it's high meaning score..."

In any case, thanks for the great breakdown!

[DemetriPanici]

Engineering in general is a great degree. Loved this Shane!

[smwk]

For finding the first job, my recommendation is stay general such as Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering. Do not major in a narrow and specific engineering field that you could end up unemployed; especially when Canada has a relatively small job market as compared to US.

[mathisnotforthefaintofheart]

I work in academia and I teach undergrad engineering students. The job placement rate among engineers is the highest (together with folks in healthcare). It's true some fields pay more than others, BUT within few years any engineer will have paid off student loans and can build on his career. And yet there are still people who think going to college is a waste.

[j__v.]

Graduated with a B.S. in Systems Engineering and got a job as a Systems Engineer right out of a college compared to my peers who studied Mechanical, Aerospace, Electrical, etc who got a job months after graduation. It's definitely a great degree and when you start out you're most likely going to be working with engineers who have years of experience because like everyone is saying, generally a Systems Engineer has background knowledge of every discipline. That being said, you learn fast on the job and you gain a ton of experience.

[Ken-pkpt]

Im a full time industrial mechanic while halfway getting through my mechatronics engineering degree and im excited. Future is looking way better than i ever imagined

[StarCatz]

Me: *has absolutely no plan on becoming an engineer*
Also me: *watches mostly engineering videos*

[Joe_from_Rio]

I graduated in mechanical engineering, got a PhD in chemical engineering, did my postdoc in environmental engineering and now I am a biomedical engineer. I feel mechanical engineering is a solid option for tackling a wide range of challenges of the real world (it seems to be the same for electrical engineering also), but in the end, I think that the best choice for me would have been applied physics. You have a very strong theoretical background that you can use in every field : statistics, finite element analysis, chemical engineering, maths, economy and banking, telecoms, fundemental research, biocomputing, energy, materials etc. It looks like the most versatile degree. You may lack a bit of practical knowledge but in the end you can catch that up once you are in the industry.

[bugracimen]

I think civil engineering should be higher because it is much more flexible than you think. You can choose water resources and hydraulics engineering, geo tech, transportation, structural, construction management... Also, I know so many people who has a civil eng. bachelor but doing software and management jobs.