Tech Surge

Follow the money.

Many students are taking that advice to heart when choosing a career path.

“There is a huge demand for engineering, especially here in Fort Wayne and throughout northeast Indiana,” says Don Mueller, interim chair of the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University Fort Wayne. “In addition to that, we’re hearing from our graduates that salaries for students with four-year degrees in engineering are earning upwards of $70,000 upon graduation.”

Adolfo Coronado is the chair of the Computer Science Department and says the same is true for that particular field of study.

“It’s a global phenomenon,” says Coronado. “Our department has been growing 20–25% over the last three years in terms of number of students and, looking ahead to the next academic year, we’re expecting another record number of students.”

Read the full story in Business People magazine.