2006-07-15 05:29:18 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
I'm in a Metallurgical and Materials Engineering program right now, and I know I have it better than all of my Chemical Engineering friends (maybe it's just my school though?)
Materials is a lot more looking at charts and graphs (phase diagrams, Pourbaix diagrams, ect) rather than actual numbers. So if you are very good at interpreting visual data, I'd go with that. The job market for them couldn't be better either. If your school has a large Chemical Engineering program, I would try Materials so you can stand out a little more when you graduate.
Avg. starting salary for materials graduates the past year was $53K....only $49K for chemical (again, at my school).
2006-07-15 12:36:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chemical Engineering will likely offer more job opportunities and I think the jobs usually pay more. However, the two fiels overlap so much now that either one would be a good career choice. I was a chemical engineer and I thought it was boring. Easier to get into a good material science graduate shcool than a good chemical engineering graduate school.
2006-07-15 10:27:49 · answer #2 · answered by Jimmy Crack Corn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For Chemical Engineering think safe first is a surviving rule.
For Material Science and Engineering the problem is that your work results a the basic data for previous category.
Is your choice to decide which part of the team you belong.
2006-07-15 08:17:12 · answer #3 · answered by Valentin C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Material Science=Applied science and logic
Chemical Engineering= creativity and logic
2006-07-15 09:32:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Material Science is for people who like to think on a micro scale. They like science and math more than the application of those principals (althought they get some of that also.).
Engineeering has a lot more opportunities. There are many more fields in Engineering: electrical, civil, mechanical, aerospace, etc. Engineering is more for people who like to know why things work and want to tinker with things than for the people who are all heady on math and science.
Good Luck with your decision.
2006-07-15 07:36:08 · answer #5 · answered by Adam the Engineer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i myself have studied material science. chemical engineering is better because it is more general.
2006-07-15 21:17:59 · answer #6 · answered by eshaghi_2006 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
engineering u get to build stuff!!! Go you lol
2006-07-15 05:39:16 · answer #7 · answered by Jeff2smart 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋