• Job satisfaction and creative thinking—engineering is a problem-solving profession. Each day holds new challenges; new problems need new and unique solutions.
• Money—starting salaries in 2002 averaged over$50,000/year. High salaries also mean lower-than-average unemployment and a variety of career options.
• An opportunity to change the world—what you imagine and create may never have been done before! Today's computers, bridges, medical drugs and equipment, and engines are all created by engineers.
• Intellectual development—new materials and techniques provide an opportunity to continue to grow.
• Respect—Professional Engineers (P.E.s) are licensed professionals, much as medical and legal professionals.
• Diverse career opportunities—most any type of technical career you can imagine is represented in engineering.
• Jobs here, there, and everywhere—over 30 of our graduates work in the Big Horn Basin. Many more are in other areas of Wyoming, Montana, and states across the nation.

Engineering is the largest employment field of all the math/science application areas. Some refer to it as the “stealth” profession, because the size of the engineering workforce is largely unrecognized. It comprises approximately one-third of all science and mathematical application employment! Engineers serve in a broad range of specialty fields, such as aerospace, biomedical, computer, environmental, manufacturing, materials, nuclear, petroleum, and software engineering.

Engineering requires excellent math skills, alert minds, and a willingness to take responsibility. If you think enough of yourself to develop these traits and skills, you can become an engineer. Engineering needs your expertise and is an excellent career choice for both men and women.