Where are they now?

Recent grads

Find out what some young alumni who were among the College of Engineering's first class of Engineering Ambassadors have done since graduating from Montana State University.

Alums who are established professionals

Learn about what some more established professionals, each an MSU College of Engineering alumnus, have done in their careers.

Careers, Salaries, and other Statistics

Whether you are a student entering college or a student ready to graduate with an engineering degree, you might find it useful to

• visit the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) (in a new window) to learn about careers that match your major and find Occupational Employment Statistics.
• BLS also has information about careers in engineering, computer science and computer software engineering.
• examine employment and earning statistics reported to MSU's Career Services by 2006 MSU graduates. See page 6 of the Career Destinations Survey for College of Engineering statistics. (PDF)

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Traits, Jobs, and Earnings

Each of the following links is on the National Engineers Week Web site and will open in a new window.

• Find out what characteristics employers seek when hiring new engineers according to Engineers Week.
• Meet the Engineers provides a look at the wide array of work available to engineers.
• Read bios of the New Faces of Engineering and learn what they are doing in the early stages of their engineering careers.
• Are you wondering how much money engineers make? Look at salary data.

Do you wonder if an engineering or computer science career best fits your personality?

• Visit the Try Engineering Web site to find out what engineers and computer scientists do for a living. Maybe you'll find an engineering career to suit you!

• Visit MSU's Career Services' "Cool Tools for Career Exploration " page to do some self-assessment.
• Try Virtual Biographies, a tool that Career Services provides to students as a career shadowing experience. To log in, use "careers" as your username and password.

Video Clips

Take a peek at the world of engineering through video clips by the National Society of Professional Engineers © 1997.

• Engineering of Bicycles and More (10.1 mb) [run time 2:49]
• What it Takes to be an Engineer (2.4 mb) [run time :40]

Make an impact on the world: Become an engineer

• Products of Engineering (2.1 mb) [run time :36]
• Engineering is Everywhere (1.7 mb) [run time :27]
  
  

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