Highest Paying Tech Majors In The World

#Computer Engineering
Median starting pay: $66,700
Median mid-career pay: $112,600
In the technological driven world, where computers literally rule every aspect of life from shopping to medical scenarios, nothing comes close to this degree. In recent times it has emerged as the most desired degree for engineering aspirants owing to the excellent employment opportunities across a wide variety of hardware and software industries with handsome starting pay package.

After Electrical, Computer Science is most taken up branch in any engineering college. Computer engineers have the option of moving into hardware or software positions, or even blending the two.

Computer engineers build networks to transfer data, and develop ways to make computers, faster, smaller, and more capable.

#Mechanical Engineering
Median starting pay: $64,700
Median mid-career pay: $107,900
Mechanical Engineering deals with designs and manufacturing machines from small to the large ones; from simple nut and bolts to complicated aircrafts.

The application base of this field of study is extremely diverse and the grads with this degree can land a job is fields starting from robotics, fluid mechanics and thermodynamics to structural analysis and kinematics. In addition, the expansion of this field beyond its traditional boundaries has created numerous employment opportunities for recent grads.

The limited talent base and the increased focus of new area of research such as nanotechnology, environmental conversions, creation of composite materials and biomedical applications, has created new avenues and most employers are offering lucrative offers to lure proficient talent.

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