Engineering Degree Tier List 2024 (The BEST Engineering Degrees RANKED)
Summary
TLDRThis video ranks the best engineering degrees for 2023, categorizing them into tiers from S (best) to F (worst). It evaluates degrees based on early and mid-career pay, demand, and job satisfaction scores, using data from LinkedIn and Glassdoor. Top degrees include systems engineering and software engineering, while petroleum and nuclear engineering face fluctuating demand. The host emphasizes the importance of degree flexibility and potential for career growth in the tech industry.
Takeaways
- đ Systems Engineering is ranked as the top engineering degree for 2023 with high early and mid-career pay, and a high salary score of 99.53.
- đ The presenter uses LinkedIn and Glassdoor to determine the demand and salary expectations for various engineering degrees, adding this method to the ranking criteria for the first time.
- đ Software Engineering is highlighted as one of the best degrees with an incredible number of job opportunities and high demand, placing it in the S tier.
- đ ïž The importance of distinguishing between a degree and the actual career is emphasized, suggesting that a more general degree might offer better flexibility and recognition in the job market.
- đĄ Biomedical Engineering is noted for its high meaning score and potential for growth in the industry, despite the possibility of entering the field with a mechanical engineering degree.
- đ Electrical and Computer Engineering degrees are both placed in the S tier due to their high demand, salary scores, and flexibility in the job market.
- đ± Environmental Engineering is considered to be on the rise with growing opportunities in the green energy and sustainability sectors, earning it a B tier ranking.
- đ Industrial Engineering is praised for combining business skills with engineering, offering a solid career path and placing it in the A tier.
- đ€ Mechatronics Engineering, although lacking comprehensive data, is mentioned as a growing field that aligns with the trends in automation and AI, but is given a tier with a note of caution regarding the data's absence.
- â»ïž Nuclear and Petroleum Engineering, despite having high salary scores, face challenges due to industry fluctuations, regulations, and public perception, resulting in a C tier ranking.
Q & A
What is the highest-ranked engineering degree according to the video?
-The highest-ranked engineering degree according to the video is Systems Engineering, which is placed in the S tier.
What is the new addition to the ranking criteria for this year's list?
-The new addition to the ranking criteria for this year's list is the amount of demand at the entry level, determined using LinkedIn and Glassdoor.
What is the early career pay for Systems Engineers according to the video?
-The early career pay for Systems Engineers is seventy-two thousand dollars a year.
What is the salary score for Systems Engineering, and how does it compare to other degrees?
-The salary score for Systems Engineering is 99.53, which is considered excellent and indicates a high salary compared to other degrees.
How does the video determine the demand score for each engineering degree?
-The demand score is determined by looking at the number of job listings on LinkedIn and Glassdoor, which indicates the level of demand for that particular engineering role at the entry level.
What is the difference between a degree and a career as mentioned in the video?
-The difference is that a degree is a qualification earned through education, while a career is the professional path one chooses. The video emphasizes that a degree does not always directly correlate with a specific career, and sometimes a more general degree can lead to the same career as a more specialized one.
Why is Software Engineering considered one of the best degrees according to the video?
-Software Engineering is considered one of the best degrees because it has an early career pay of $69,000, a mid-career pay of $112,000, a high salary score of 86, an extremely high demand score of 127, and a large number of job opportunities.
What is the issue with using a specialized degree like Biomedical Engineering instead of a more general one like Mechanical Engineering?
-The issue is that with a specialized degree like Biomedical Engineering, one might be limited to fewer job opportunities compared to someone with a more general degree like Mechanical Engineering, which offers more flexibility and a broader range of job options.
How does the video rank the demand for jobs in the engineering field?
-The video ranks the demand for jobs by looking at the number of job listings on LinkedIn and Glassdoor, as well as the number of graduates per year, to determine if there is a high demand for that particular engineering role.
What is the significance of the 'meaning score' mentioned in the video?
-The 'meaning score' represents the percentage of professionals who find their jobs meaningful. It is a measure of job satisfaction beyond just salary and demand, indicating how fulfilling the work is for those in the field.
What advice does the video give for someone interested in the energy industry, like petroleum or nuclear engineering?
-The video suggests that while these fields can be lucrative and have high meaning scores, they are subject to fluctuations due to factors like market conditions and regulations. It advises considering a more general engineering degree that can offer entry into these industries while providing more flexibility.
Outlines
đ Engineering Degree Rankings for 2023
The video script introduces a ranking system for the best engineering degrees of 2023, categorized from S-tier (best) to F-tier (worst). The host incorporates data from LinkedIn and Glassdoor to assess entry-level demand and early career pay for each degree. Systems engineering tops the list with a high salary score and significant demand, despite being a niche degree. The host also emphasizes the importance of differentiating between a degree and a career, suggesting that broader degrees like software engineering might offer better recognition and opportunities.
đ High Demand and Earnings in Software Engineering
Software engineering is highlighted as one of the best degrees, with impressive early and mid-career salary figures and an extremely high demand score. Despite a lower meaning score, indicating less job satisfaction, the vast number of job opportunities on LinkedIn and the high salary reported on Glassdoor make it an S-tier degree. The host also references an interview with Antoine, who transitioned from tech to tech sales, earning over $540,000 annually, showcasing the versatility and high earning potential in tech careers.
đ°ïž Aerospace and Other Engineering Degrees: A Tiered Overview
The script continues to rank various engineering degrees, including aerospace, architectural, biomedical, and chemical engineering. Each degree is evaluated based on salary, demand, meaning, and the number of graduates per year. Aerospace engineering is placed in the A-tier with high salary and demand scores. Architectural engineering, while having a low salary score, is in the D-tier due to its niche status. Biomedical engineering, with the highest meaning score, is a dark horse in the B-tier, and chemical engineering's flexibility places it in the A-tier.
đ Industrial and Marine Engineering: Specialization vs. Generalization
Industrial engineering is praised for combining business and engineering skills, earning it an A-tier ranking with a high salary score and significant demand. Marine engineering, conversely, has a lower demand score and is placed in the D-tier, suggesting that a more general degree like mechanical engineering might be preferable. Materials engineering is in the C-tier with good salary and demand scores, while mechanical engineering, being versatile, secures an A-tier ranking.
đ€ The Rise of Mechatronics and the Future of Engineering
Mechatronics engineering, despite lacking comprehensive data, is acknowledged for its potential in the automation and AI sectors. The host predicts significant growth for this field, although current data limitations prevent a detailed analysis. Network and nuclear engineering follow, with network engineering in the C-tier due to low salary scores but high demand, and nuclear engineering in the C-tier with high salary and meaning scores but lower demand.
âœïž The Volatile Nature of Petroleum Engineering
Petroleum engineering is discussed as a lucrative field with high early and mid-career pay but lower demand and stability due to industry fluctuations. The host acknowledges the potential for significant earnings but also the risks associated with the energy sector. The video concludes with a call to view related interviews and a prompt for viewer engagement through likes, subscriptions, and comments.
Mindmap
Keywords
đĄEngineering Degrees
đĄTier List
đĄSystems Engineering
đĄSalary Score
đĄDemand Score
đĄMeaning Score
đĄSoftware Engineering
đĄAerospace Engineering
đĄBiomedical Engineering
đĄMechanical Engineering
đĄEnvironmental Engineering
Highlights
The video ranks engineering degrees from S to F tiers based on various factors.
Systems engineering is ranked number one with high early and mid-career pay and a high salary score.
The use of LinkedIn and Glassdoor data to determine entry-level demand and salary is a new addition to the ranking methodology.
Software engineering has an incredibly high demand score and a large number of job opportunities.
Agricultural engineering is placed in the D tier due to lower salary scores and demand.
Biomedical engineering has the highest meaning score, indicating job satisfaction.
Chemical engineering is noted for its high salary score and solid job demand.
Civil engineering is recognized for its healthy demand score but has a relatively lower salary for an engineering degree.
Computer engineering is in the S tier with a high salary score and exceptional demand.
Electrical engineering also falls into the S tier with high demand and a healthy salary score.
Environmental engineering is considered to be on the rise with growing opportunities in green energy and sustainability.
Industrial engineering is praised for combining business skills with engineering, earning it an A tier ranking.
Marine engineering is placed in the D tier due to low demand and fewer job opportunities.
Materials engineering is acknowledged for its potential in the tech industry, particularly in Silicon Valley.
Mechanical engineering is a versatile degree with high demand and a solid salary score, earning it an A tier ranking.
Mechatronics engineering is a new and growing field with potential, but lacks comprehensive data for detailed analysis.
Network engineering is placed in the C tier with decent demand but a lower salary score for the engineering field.
Nuclear engineering is long-term promising but currently faces challenges with demand and regulatory issues, placed in the C tier.
Petroleum engineering offers high salaries but has unstable demand due to industry fluctuations, ranked in the C tier.
Transcripts
the engineering degree tier list for
2023 and this video we are going to be
ranking the best engineering degrees
from s tier which is the best to F tier
which is the worst and if you appreciate
these types of videos go ahead and slam
that like button like I slam way too
much coffee on a day-to-day basis
nice and let's jump into it so I'm gonna
have to go through these very quickly
because of course there's a lot of
engineering degrees and I don't want
this to be like an hour long video so
number one on the list is going to be
systems engineering now one thing that
I'm adding into this year's list that I
didn't have in last year's that is an
improvement in my opinion is I'm going
to be talking about the amount of demand
at the entry level right so in the last
year I've become a big fan of using
LinkedIn to determine the demand of the
career at the entry level and that's
what I'm going to be adding onto this
year's list and then I'm also going to
be adding a glass door as well because
you're able to kind of separate things a
little bit better than BLS alright so
when you look at the early career pay
for systems Engineers you're going to
see seventy two thousand dollars a year
mid-career pay is a hundred and thirty
thousand that comes out to a salary
score that according to my degree ranker
is a 99.53 which is excellent now a few
years ago when I made the college degree
rank or the demand score for systems
engineering was actually pretty low but
we have seen an incredible increase in
the last few years so the demand score
is 14 but we'll get it to the change
here in a moment and the meaning score
is 55 if you're not familiar with these
scores just watch any one of my you know
is a degree worth it videos and you'll
know exactly what I'm talking about so
according to Glassdoor systems engineers
make a hundred and eleven thousand
dollars a year and if you look on
LinkedIn at the entry level you type in
systems engineer you're going to see 70
151 results that is really really good
especially for an engineering career but
you have to remember the degree is
different than the career this is
incredibly important this is key so this
is one of those very Niche degrees right
when you look at the degree ranker
you're going to see 987 graduates per
year so that's very Niche but there is a
lot of demand for systems Engineers so
what this typically tells me is it's a
pretty good degree it's not terrible by
any means but you would probably be
better off by getting a little bit more
of a general degree and the reason for
this I've explained it in many other
videos is because employers are going to
recognize that degree more often right
it basically has a brand name built in
and so getting something like a software
engineering degree would probably be
much better in this case and I just
realized that I spent way too much time
on that first one so I'm really going to
try to speed up after this and of course
I know I'm going to get people in the
comments section oh you didn't spend
enough time explaining but then if I'm
detailed I'm going to get other people
in the comments section saying oh this
video is way too long you need to speed
things up so you can never make everyone
happy but I'll do my best so last year
systems engineering was B tier this year
I'm actually going to go ahead and put
it into a tier next one on the list is
agricultural engineering early career
Pay Here is 59 000 mid-career pays
ninety eight thousand salary score is 65
which isn't great the demand score is 48
which also isn't great the meaning is
going to be 62 which is good and the
total amount of graduates is 1063 per
year agricultural engineers make 75 000
a year according to Glassdoor and
according to LinkedIn there's about 1
600 results at the entry level which
isn't great great so overall I'm gonna
have to put this one into D tier next
one on the list is one of the best
degrees out there and that is going to
be software engineering so early career
Pay Here is 69 000. mid-career pay is
112 000. salary score is 86 number of
jobs available is an incredible 77 000
that means the demand score is off the
charts at 127 but the meaning score is
39 so a lot of people don't find their
jobs very meaningful the total amount of
Bachelor graduates is 1060 per year
according to Glassdoor software
engineers make 105 000 a year and
according to LinkedIn at the entry level
there is a whopping 432
000 results mind-blowing so yeah I've
talked about this before software
engineering software development one of
the best careers you can possibly go
into just an insane amount of
opportunity I actually interviewed
Antoine on my channel recently who is
somebody who started off at kind of like
an entry level position in Tech and then
he moved into different positions until
he ended up in Tech sales and from Tech
sales he was able to actually make over
five hundred and forty thousand dollars
a year and the cool thing about tech is
once you've broken in it's really easy
for you to actually move around to
different positions this one is going to
go into s tier so if you're somebody who
wants to break into Tech as fast as
possible you want to make money really
quickly you don't necessarily want to go
through the whole engineering curriculum
which takes like five to six years on
average definitely check out that
interview with Antoine and we both
recommend doing it through a company
called course careers course careers
helps people get into entry-level Tech
careers and they don't require a college
degree and they don't require any
experience there's literally so many
people getting jobs with course careers
that I can't even interview all of them
I was trying to interview them and it's
just way too much for me but I do have a
bunch of interviews on this channel I
also post a daily testimonials on the
community tab as well because we're just
getting people results left and right so
if you want to check out their free
training I'll put that down in the
description as well as the pen comment
below and if you choose to use their
paid product which will have some
Advanced Training as well as getting you
guaranteed interviews with their partner
companies you can use my coupon as well
Shane 50. I'll put that down there as
well next one on the list is going to be
aerospace engineering so early career
pay is 69 000 mid-career pays 118 000
salary scores 89 that's pretty
respectable the demand score is a
hundred the meaning is 58 which is
decent and there are 4 000 Bachelor
grads per year according to Glassdoor
they make about ninety five thousand
dollars a year and on LinkedIn you're
going to see about 15 000 results which
is pretty decent so overall this one is
going to go into a tier architectural
engineering is next on the list and with
this one you see an early career pay of
61 000 a year mid-career pay is ninety
seven thousand salary score is
relatively low for an engineering degree
at 67. the demand score is 98 pretty
good and meaning is 57 but there are
only about 672 Bachelor grads per year
if you look up architectural engineering
on Glassdoor you're going to see eighty
six thousand dollars a year and if you
look it up on LinkedIn you're going to
see 14 400 results so this is one of
those where there's not that many
graduates but there's a lot of jobs and
what that tells me is people are able to
get these jobs by getting more General
degrees so it's another one of those
that's it's not bad by any means but you
know especially engineering degrees most
engineering degrees are pretty good but
with that being said there's probably
other engineering degrees that are
better to get so this one is going to go
into D tier biomedical engineering is
next on the list and this one you're
making sixty six thousand dollars early
career pay mid-career pays 114 000.
salary score is a respectable 83 demand
score is a hundred meaning is really
good at 71 percent I believe that's
actually the highest meaning score on
the entire list and every year there's
about 6 900 graduates according to
Glassdoor biomedical engineers make
eighty four thousand dollars a year and
if you look up biomedical engineering on
LinkedIn you're going to see 6 500
results now something that's not as
clear in the data but it's actually a
really big problem when you investigate
it and look into it is that you can
actually get into biomedical engineering
with just a mechanical engineering
degree right so you don't have to get a
biomedical engineering degree to get
into this so that's kind of a huge
problem because you can get a mechanical
engineering degree and get into this but
if you get a biomedical engineering
degree you're not going to be able to do
as much stuff as mechanical engineers
can do but with that being said
biomedical engineering is one of my Dark
Horse careers there's just so much cool
stuff that you can do with it and I
could see it really getting big in the
future a lot of it does have to do with
things that are outside of our control
like regulations Etc but there's a lot
of really cool stuff happening in the
biomedical industry so biomedical
engineering is going to go into B tier
next on the list is chemical engineering
early career Pay Here is 72 000
mid-career pays 127 000 salary score is
97. demand score is 101 meaning is 56
percent and there's 10 700 Bachelor
graduates per year according to
Glassdoor chemical engineers make a
hundred thousand dollars a year and
according to LinkedIn there is 23 000
jobs available so overall chemical
engineering is very solid it's more
flexible than a degree like petroleum
engineering for instance but it's not
nearly as flexible as electrical
engineering or mechanical engineering so
for that reason I'm going to put it into
a tier next one on the list is going to
be civil engineering and the early
career Pay Here is sixty thousand
mid-career pays 102 000 number of jobs
available is 11 000 demand score is a
very healthy 103 meaning score is 65
percent and the bachelor grads per year
is 13 000. according to Glassdoor civil
engineers make 78 000 a year and
according to LinkedIn there are 73 000
civil engineering jobs available at the
entry level so this is one of those
that's good but not great civil
engineering isn't going to be super
flexible like mechanical engineering is
the pay is relatively low for an
engineering degree as well but overall
it's still pretty good I'm gonna put
this one into B tier next on the list is
Computer Engineering and this is another
really good one early career pay is 72
000 a year mid-career pay is 120 000.
salary score is a very healthy 93 demand
score is off the charts at 107 meaning
is 46 so a little bit low there and
there are 7 200 Bachelor grads per year
according to Glassdoor computer
engineers make 73 000 a year and
according to LinkedIn there is a
whopping 109
000 results available when you look at
Computer Engineering now keep in mind
sometimes when you see the salaries for
different Tech Industries there's so
many different positions in Tech so when
you you look at 73 000 for computer
engineer it's not that impressive but
there's just so many different positions
that you can move into so I can almost
guarantee you that after a few years
you're gonna be making more than that so
yeah Computer Engineering very very good
uh this one is going to go into s tier
next one on the list is going to be
electrical engineering early career Pay
Here is 70 000 mid-career pays 109
nineteen thousand a very healthy salary
score of 91. the demand score is off the
charts at 109. the meaning is 54 so even
a little bit better and there are 16 000
Bachelor grads per year according to
Glassdoor electrical engineers make
eighty seven thousand dollars a year and
according to LinkedIn it's even better
at a hundred and forty nine thousand
results at the entry level so electrical
engineering makes a little bit less than
Computer Engineering but there's also
more demand overall and I think it's
just more flexible you can go into a lot
of the same jobs with electrical
engineering that you can go into with
computer engineering so this one also
goes into s tier next one on the list is
going to be environmental engineering
early career Pay Here is 58 000.
mid-career pay is a hundred thousand so
salary score is relatively low at 65.
the demand score is a hundred but you
have to realize that this is engineering
degrees versus all other degrees and
engineering degrees are just much better
than almost any other type of degree
meaning score is 63. so meaning score is
relatively High according to Glassdoor
environmental engineers make ninety
eight thousand dollars a year and
according to LinkedIn environmental
engineering has about 23 000 results at
the entry level so there is actually a
massive amount of opportunity popping up
in the energy industry as well as
sustainability Venture capitalists which
in my opinion are the smartest people in
the entire world are absolutely pumping
money into the green energy and
sustainability Industries so I do think
this one is actually on the rise and I'm
actually going to put this one into B
tier next one on the list is industrial
engineering early career pay is 67 000
mid-career pay is a hundred and ten
thousand salary score is 81. the demand
score is 101 and meaning is 46 percent
the total amount of Bachelor grads per
year is 5200 according to Glassdoor
industrial engineers make eighty six
thousand dollars a year and if you look
them up on LinkedIn you're going to see
28 000 results at the entry level so
yeah another really solid one industrial
engineering is one of my personal
favorites I think it's a great
combination of business skills and
engineering skills you're basically
learning Logistics and operations
management and then combining that with
you know practical problem-solving
engineering skills so overall this one
is going to go into a tier I also
interviewed another person on this
channel Joshua who was going through
industrial engineering he realized it's
probably going to take them five to six
years and the only reason he was doing
it was to make money and so he decided
to go into Tech sales instead you can
check out that interview right here next
one on the list is Marine engineering so
early career Pay Here is 72 000 a year
mid-career pays 123 000 salary score is
a healthy 95 the demand score is very
low for an engineering degree at 37 but
the meaning is 63 percent and the total
amount of Bachelor grads per year is 439
so that's not very good according to
Glassdoor they make around a hundred and
seven thousand dollars a year and on
LinkedIn you're gonna see 2 600 results
at the entry level so yeah this is
another one of those where you can
probably get a lot of the same jobs with
a more General Degree like mechanical
engineering so I'm gonna have to put
this one into D tier next one on the
list is going to be materials
engineering early career pay here is
going to be 69 000 a year mid-career
pays 106 000 salary score is a pretty
good 82 demand score is 53 and overall
there's 1 500 Bachelor grads per year so
that's okay according to Glassdoor
material engineers make 84 000 a year
and according to LinkedIn there's 26 000
results at the entry level so overall
this is another one of those where you
can probably get a lot of the same jobs
with something like a chemical
engineering degree but it's still pretty
good and it's a little bit more
specialized and there honestly is a lot
of opportunity in materials engineering
I mean there's this place called Silicon
Valley for a reason so yeah this one
overall I'm going to put it into C tier
next one on the list is mechanical
engineering this is one that's very
general a jack of all trades can be a
really good one if you're not sure what
to go into early career pay is 66 000
mid-career pays 110 000 salary scores 8
81 demand score is 105 meaning score is
51 and Bachelor grads per year is 32
000. according to Glassdoor mechanical
engineers make 80 000 a year and
according to LinkedIn mechanical
engineering has a hundred and nine
thousand results so definitely one of
the best ones overall mechanical
engineering very solid across the board
this one goes into a tier mechatronics
engineering is next on the list this is
one that everybody wanted me to talk
about the problem with this one is I
couldn't even find it on the national
Center of Education statistics because
it's so new so I'm not even able to get
all that data that I usually talk about
but yeah mechatronics engineering is
super cool if you look up the salary
score on Glassdoor for instance you're
going to see ninety thousand dollars a
year and if you look up mechatronics
engineering on LinkedIn at the entry
level you're going to see 1100 results
so this is one that I do see growing a
lot in the near future it's just super
useful the way that they're doing stuff
and the way that Automation and AI is
going I see this being incredibly used
useful but with that being said right
now the statistics is the data is just
not available so I know everybody wants
me to do like a very detailed video on
this and I really can't because the data
is just not there but with that being
said I'm going to put this one into a
tier but with an asterisk that the data
is not there and it's really just my
opinion so truly take this with a grain
of salt network engineering is next on
the list and with this one early career
pays 56 000 mid-career pays ninety
thousand salary score is a poultry 57
for engineering degrees anyways demand
score is a hundred if you look it up on
Glassdoor you're going to see network
engineers make ninety thousand dollars a
year and if you look it up on LinkedIn
you're going to see 36 000 results so
yeah this is one where salary score is
kind of low but there's a lot of demand
overall you know it's pretty good I'm
going to go ahead and put it into C tier
next one on the list is nuclear
engineering early career pay is 72 000
mid-career pays 122 000 salary scores 95
demand score is 40. meaning is 63
percent which is relatively high if you
look up nuclear engineer salary on
Glassdoor you're going to see ninety two
thousand dollars a year and if you look
up nuclear engineering at the entry
level on LinkedIn you're going to see 4
300 results so I really have mixed
opinions on this first of all uh the
subject of nuclear engineering is one of
my favorite subjects I think that 100
years from now and maybe someone will
find this and clip it and then they'll
watch it 100 years from now after I'm
dead but I think that 100 years from now
without a doubt I there's literally zero
doubt in my mind that nuclear
engineering is going to be the number
one energy source I would absolutely bet
the house on this but with that being
said right now nuclear engineering uh I
I have to be honest with you I can't be
biased about this the numbers are not
amazing first of all anything in the
energy industry is always going to
fluctuate a lot you're probably going to
end up getting laid off like five times
throughout your life and then there's
just a lot of things that are outside of
our control like government regulations
public stigma and all kinds of things
like that so overall I have to put
nuclear engineering into C tier but I am
very bullish on it in the long run next
one on the list is petroleum engineering
so this one early career pays 94 000
mid-career pays 176 000. the salary
score is a very good 100 the demand
score is 34 which isn't so great but the
meaning is 72 so people who go into
petroleum engineering really enjoy it
and there's about 2 100 Bachelor grads
per year according to Glassdoor
petroleum engineers make 92 000 a year
and according to LinkedIn there is 1 600
results at the entry level so this is
another one that has gotten crushed
recently there was a lot of layoffs of
course and again energy industry this is
what you have to expect but with that
being said petroleum Engineers can make
really really good money it's extremely
lucrative the demand can be up sometimes
down other times and another downside
with petroleum engineering is a lot of
the time you can get into the same exact
jobs with a chemical engineering degree
but you also have a lot of other options
so overall I'm going to put this one
into C tier alright so definitely check
out that interview with Antoine from
black Heights I'll put that right here
as well as a playlist of other
interviews gently tap the like button
hit the Subscribe button ring the
notification Bell and comment down below
any thoughts comments criticisms Etc
that you have on the video and I will
see you next time
Voir Plus de Vidéos Connexes
5.0 / 5 (0 votes)