Comments on: No Surprise: Engineering Tops Most Lucrative College Degrees List http://amateurassetallocator.com/2009/07/31/no-surprise-engineering-tops-most-lucrative-college-degrees-list/ Amateur Asset Allocator Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:09:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Early Retirement Extreme http://amateurassetallocator.com/2009/07/31/no-surprise-engineering-tops-most-lucrative-college-degrees-list/comment-page-1/#comment-4496 Early Retirement Extreme Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:14:38 +0000 http://amateurassetallocator.com/?p=2088#comment-4496 The problem for college entrants is that engineering requires a minimum degree of intelligence without which it is practically impossible to compensate with work ethics and still graduate. It's around 115---same for the hard sciences. With so many people going to college, statistically, some has be be below average intelligence, and so choosing engineering because if its better entry pay would not be strategically wise because they will simply never graduate. The problem for college entrants is that engineering requires a minimum degree of intelligence without which it is practically impossible to compensate with work ethics and still graduate. It’s around 115—same for the hard sciences. With so many people going to college, statistically, some has be be below average intelligence, and so choosing engineering because if its better entry pay would not be strategically wise because they will simply never graduate.

]]> By: Timothy http://amateurassetallocator.com/2009/07/31/no-surprise-engineering-tops-most-lucrative-college-degrees-list/comment-page-1/#comment-4495 Timothy Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:17:27 +0000 http://amateurassetallocator.com/?p=2088#comment-4495 This makes a lot of sense. The engineering field is a very dynamic industry that needs qualified and skills professionals and when the supply doesn't meet the demand then the price organizations are willing to pay for specific engineers is far greater. Great article and interesting topic of discussion. TJ <a href="http://www.spec-eng.com/" rel="nofollow">Process Engineering</a> This makes a lot of sense. The engineering field is a very dynamic industry that needs qualified and skills professionals and when the supply doesn’t meet the demand then the price organizations are willing to pay for specific engineers is far greater.

Great article and interesting topic of discussion.

TJ
Process Engineering

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