engineering technology
&
engineering
Both disciplines can lead to similar job titles and competitive starting salaries.
Broad Understanding
FOCUS ON
CONCEPTUAL
WORK WITH
COURSES
PEOPLE AND PROCESSES
IMPROVE AND IMPLEMENT
NEW TECHNOLOGIES
MORE COMPUTER
ANAYLSIS
TECHNOLOGIES PROCESSES PRODUCTS
RESEARCH WITH
IMMEDIATE
INDUSTRY IMPACT
CALCULUS-BASED
COURSES COMPLEX ANALYSIS
MORE
APPLIED
MORE MANAGEMENT OF
LEARNING
MORE
MORE
of a field
MORE SCIENCE
COURSES
* Listed traits are generally accepted differences between the disciplines as a whole. Students, scholars and courses may differ or overlap more depending on changes in curriculum or advances in knowledge.
AND DESIGN
AFTER GRADUATION Aeronautical Engineering Technology
Electrical Engineering Technology
Average starting salary*: $54,020 Recent grads employed or continuing their education: 100% Companies who hire our graduates: Boeing, Butler America, Cessna, Lockheed Martin, Honeywell Aerospace, Rolls-Royce, Pratt & Whitney, Southwest Airlines, Republic Airlines, General Electric, Northrop Grumman, Space X, Blue Origin
Average starting salary*: $55,746 Recent grads employed or continuing their education: 83.3% Companies who hire our graduates: American Electric Power, Boeing, Cinergy, Ford Motor Company, General Electric, Kimberly-Clark, Subaru of Indiana Automotive
Manufacturing Engineering Technology
Mechanical Engineering Technology
Potential Job Titles Process Engineer Aviation Maintenance Manager Logistics Engineer & Supply Chain Analysist Design Engineer Integration Engineer Manufacturing Engineer Reliability Engineer Quality Manager U.S. Navy & U.S. Air Force Pilot
Potential Job Titles Design Engineer Development Engineer Process Engineer Quality Engineer Production Supervisor Manufacturing Engineer
Average starting salary*: $54,474 (Data from May 2012) Recent grads employed or continuing their education: 100% Companies who hire our graduates: Allison Transmission, Dannon Yogurt, Motorola, Precision Castparts, RZ Automation, TRW Automotive, U.S. Steel EA/EOU
Potential Job Titles Applications Engineer Controls Engineer Design Engineer Embedded Hardware Engineer Embedded Software Engineer Field Engineer Instrumentation Engineer Sales Engineer Systems Engineer
Potential Job Titles Mechanical Engineer Production Engineer Design Engineer Application Engineer Quality Engineer Project Engineer Average starting salary*: $52,029 Recent grads employed or continuing their education: 94.9% Companies who hire our graduates: Duke Energy, Caterpillar, Chrysler, Cook, Cummins, Eli Lilly, General Electric, General Motors, Halliburton, Honda, John Deere, Symantech, Wabash National
* For May 2013 graduates, unless otherwise noted