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This group includes the following majors: Aerospace Engineering Architectural Engineering Architecture Biological Engineering Biomedical Engineering Chemical Engineering Electrical Engineering Electrical Engineering Technology Engineering and Industrial Management
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Geological and Geophysical Engineering Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Industrial Production Technologies Materials Engineering and Materials Science Mechanical Engineering Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies Metallurgical Engineering Miscellaneous Engineering Miscellaneous Engineering Technologies Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Nuclear Engineering Petroleum Engineering
Engineering Mechanics Physics and Science Engineering Technologies Environmental Engineering General Engineering
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Engineering makes up 8.2 percent of all majors. Median earnings for those with a Bachelors degree who majored in Engineering are $75,000.1 The gender composition is heavily skewed, as 84 percent of engineering majors are men and 16 percent are women. However, women make signicantly less than men, earnings $62,000 ($17,000 less than median earnings for men). The racial makeup of these majors, on average, is 71 percent White, 14 percent Asian, 5 percent African-American, 9 percent Hispanic, and 1 percent Other Races.2 Earnings for Asians ($72,000), African-Americans ($60,000), Hispanics ($56,000), and Other Races ($57,000) are signicantly less than the $80,000 median earnings of Whites. Earnings in Engineering can vary widely, with the 25th percentile earning $53,000 and the 75th percentile earning $102,000 (a difference of $49,000). The major with the highest median earnings is Petroleum Engineering and the major with the lowest median earnings is Biological Engineering.
About 37 percent of people with these majors obtain a graduate degree and, as a result, get an average earnings boost of 32 percent. Of people who majored in Engineering, 32 percent work in Engineering, 22 percent in Management, 9 percent in Computers, 7 percent in Sales, and 4 percent in Architecture occupations. By industry, 32 percent work in Manufacturing, 22 percent in Professional and Business Services, 9 percent in Construction, and 6 percent in Public Administration. Of Engineering majors who are in the labor force and employed, 93 percent work full-time. About 6 percent are unemployed.
Median earnings for those with a Bachelors degree who majored in Engineering are $75,000.
All of the earnings data presented here is on fulltime, full-year workers with a Bachelors degree only. Due to rounding, these may not add to 100 percent.
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* Full-time, full-year workers with a terminal Bachelors. l Sample size was too small to be statistically valid.
69,000 Miscellaneous Engineering 68,000 Biomedical Engineering 68,000 Electrical Engineering Technology 65,000 Architectural Engineering 65,000 Industrial Production Technologies 64,000 Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies 63,000 Architecture 62,000 Miscellaneous Engineering Technologies 60,000 Engineering
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* Full-time, full-year workers with a terminal Bachelors. l Sample size was too small to be statistically valid.
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POPULARITY OF MAJORS
Total Bachelors % of Major Group
2,786,488 58,041
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53,000 60,000 50,000 45,000 35,000 50,000 60,000 57,000 60,000 48,000 52,000 42,000
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WORK STATUS*
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PERCENT EMPLOYED**
Employed (%)
94 95 94 91 96 89 95 95 94 93 91 95
The ACS data are best used to discuss distributional characteristics of the underlying population. However, we also include the number of degree holders to provide the reader with an order of magnitude sense of the number of people with this major. * Full-time, full-year workers with a terminal Bachelors. l Sample size was too small to be statistically valid. ** Of people in the labor force.
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Occupation (%) Occupation (%) Occupation (%) Occupation (%) Occupation (%) Engineering Major Group Aerospace Engineering Architectural Engineering Architecture Biological Engineering Biomedical Engineering Chemical Engineering Civil Engineering Electrical Engineering Electrical Engineering Technology Engineering and Industrial Management Engineering Mechanics Physics and Science Engineering Technologies Engineering Environmental Engineering General Engineering Geological and Geophysical Engineering ENGR (32) ENGR (34) ENGR (39) ARCH (36) ENGR (21) ENGR (23) ENGR (35) ENGR (45) ENGR (37) MGMT (22) MGMT (16) MGMT (18) MGMT (22) MGMT (19) MGMT (20) MGMT (26) MGMT (26) COMP (18) COMP (9) TRAN (15) CON (8) ARTS (7) OFF (7) SALES (12) SALES (7) CON (5) MGMT (17) SALES (7) COMP (10) ARTS (8) SALES (7) SALES (7) BUS (7) COMP (6) OFF (4) SALES (6) ARCH (4) SALES (5) BUS (6) OFF (4) BLDG (6) COMP (7) PROD (4) SALES (4) INST (3)
ENGR (24)
MGMT (16)
COMP(16)
INST (9)
SALES (8)
MGMT (36)
SALES (17)
ENGR (9)
BUS (7)
COMP (6)
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ENGR (28)
LS (19)
MGMT (18)
COMP (6)
BLDG (4)
Occupation Abbreviations: Architecture = ARCH Arts = ARTS Blue Collar = BC Building = BLDG Business = BUS Community Service = COMM Computer Services = COMP Construction = CON Education = EDU Engineering = ENGR Finance = FIN Food Service = FOOD
Health Professionals = HLTH PROF Health Support = HLTH SUP Installation = INST Legal = LGL Life Science = LS Management = MGMT Ofce = OFF Personal Service = PERS Production = PROD Protective Services = PROT Sales = SALES Social Science = SS Transportation = TRAN
Occupation (%) Occupation (%) Occupation (%) Occupation (%) Occupation (%) Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Industrial Production Technologies Materials Engineering and Materials Science Mechanical Engineering Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies Metallurgical Engineering Mining and Mineral Engineering Miscellaneous Engineering Miscellaneous Engineering Technologies Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Nuclear Engineering Petroleum Engineering
MGMT (31)
ENGR (28)
SALES (8)
COMP (6)
BUS (5)
MGMT (24)
ENGR (16)
SALES (10)
OFF (8)
PROD (8)
MGMT (31)
ENGR (28)
OFF (7)
SALES (6)
MGMT (28)
ENGR (23)
CON (8)
OFF (7)
SALES (6)
MGMT (27)
COMP (14)
ENGR (11)
SALES (8)
OFF (6)
Occupation Abbreviations: Architecture = ARCH Arts = ARTS Blue Collar = BC Building = BLDG Business = BUS Community Service = COMM Computer Services = COMP Construction = CON Education = EDU Engineering = ENGR Finance = FIN Food Service = FOOD
Health Professionals = HLTH PROF Health Support = HLTH SUP Installation = INST Legal = LGL Life Science = LS Management = MGMT Ofce = OFF Personal Service = PERS Production = PROD Protective Services = PROT Sales = SALES Social Science = SS Transportation = TRAN
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ENGR (31)
MGMT (22)
INST (12)
OFF (9)
SALES (7)
Industry (%) Industry (%) Industry (%) Industry (%) Industry (%) Engineering Major Group Aerospace Engineering Architectural Engineering Architecture Biological Engineering Biomedical Engineering Chemical Engineering Civil Engineering Electrical Engineering Electrical Engineering Technology Engineering and Industrial Management Engineering Mechanics Physics and Science Engineering Technologies Engineering Environmental Engineering General Engineering Geological and Geophysical Engineering MAN-d (25) MAN-d (33) PROF (38) PROF (47) MAN-d (16) PROF (28) MAN-nd (34) PROF (34) MAN-d (33) PROF (22) TRAN (18) CON (23) CON (11) CON (11) MAN-d (19) PROF (15) CON (27) PROF (21) CON (9) PROF (17) MAN-d (10) PUB (7) PROF (10) HS (16) MAN-d (14) PUB (11) INFO (6) MAN-nd (7) PUB (9) FS (5) MAN-d (4) MAN-nd (9) EDU (8) PUB (6) MAN-d (6) UTIL (5) PUB (6) RETL (4) PUB (5) RETL (4) PUB (9) INFO (7) FIN (4) UTIL (4) PUB (5)
MAN-d (30)
PROF (13)
TRAN (7)
RETL (6)
INFO (6)
MAN-d (27)
RETL (10)
PROF (9)
MAN-nd (7)
CON (6)
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PROF (24%)
Mining (22)
FIN (11)
PUB (10)
EDU (9)
Industry Abbreviations: Administrative Services = ADMN Agriculture = AG Arts = ARTS Construction = CON Education Services = EDU Financial Services = FIN Food Service = FS Health Services = HS Information = INFO Management Services = MGMT Manufacturing (durable) = MAN-d Manufacturing (non-durable) = MAN-nd
Mining = MNG Other Service = OS Professional Services = PROF Public Administration = PUB Real Estate = RE Retail Trade = RETL Sales = SALES Social Science = SS Transportation = TRAN Utilities = UTIL Wholesale Trade (durable) = WHLS-d Wholesale Trade (non-durable) = WHLS-nd
Industry (%) Industry (%) Industry (%) Industry (%) Industry (%) Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Industrial Production Technologies Materials Engineering and Materials Science Mechanical Engineering Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies Metallurgical Engineering MNG and Mineral Engineering Miscellaneous Engineering Miscellaneous Engineering Technologies Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Nuclear Engineering Petroleum Engineering
MAN-d (36)
PROF (11)
MAN-nd (10)
FIN (6)
CON (5)
MAN-d (32)
MAN-nd (10)
PROF (9)
RETL (6)
CON (5)
MNG (27)
PROF (22)
PUB (12)
MAN-nd (7)
HS (7)
CON (30)
MAN-d (14)
MAN-nd (11)
PROF (9)
PUB (5)
PROF (16)
MAN-d (14)
CON (13)
MAN-nd (8)
FIN (8)
HS (6) RE (5)
Industry Abbreviations: Administrative Services = ADMN Agriculture = AG Arts = ARTS Construction = CON Education Services = EDU Financial Services = FIN Food Service = FS Health Services = HS Information = INFO Management Services = MGMT Manufacturing (durable) = MAN-d Manufacturing (non-durable) = MAN-nd
Mining = MNG Other Service = OS Professional Services = PROF Public Administration = PUB Real Estate = RE Retail Trade = RETL Sales = SALES Social Science = SS Transportation = TRAN Utilities = UTIL Wholesale Trade (durable) = WHLS-d Wholesale Trade (non-durable) = WHLS-nd
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PROF (23)
MAN-d (14)
TRAN (13)
UTIL (10)
CON (5)