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Computer Engineering
The hardware-software boundary: chips, embedded systems, processors and the code that drives them.
Who it suits
IRC
- Thinker: analysing, researching, figuring out why
- Builder: hands-on, tools, machines, outdoors
- Organiser: structure, data, precision
Students here tend to be a bit more reserved than average.
Builds on
Computer science ●●●Mathematics ●●●Physics ●●
Typically offers
High salary · Job security · Working with technology
Where it leads
Embedded engineer · Hardware engineer · Firmware developer · Chip designer
US median earnings, one year after a bachelor’s
$70,776
College Scorecard, US Department of Education
616 programmes tracked
🇺🇸 United States 324🇫🇮 Finland 152🇩🇪 Germany 86🇦🇺 Australia 37🇦🇹 Austria 12🇨🇭 Switzerland 5
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