stanley brack ([info]sbgskl) wrote in [info]engineers,
@ 2006-09-19 23:19:00
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Most popular undergraduate major of Fortune 500 CEOs...
engineering! 20% of fortune 500 CEOs majored in engineering according to a 2005 survey.



found it here: http://engineering.curiouscatblog.net/2006/05/10/top-degree-for-sp-500-ceos-engineering/

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[info]bellisaurius
2006-09-20 04:20 am UTC (link)
I hate to be a sour puss but,

Didn't it used to be higher?

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[info]njyoder
2006-09-20 05:48 am UTC (link)
This isn't surprising considering that some of the biggest companies are the ones that are technology based. Do you think a company like Microsoft or Intel would have been made by a business major?

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[info]corkdorkdan
2006-09-20 11:12 am UTC (link)
Yay, engineers!

I think it has something to do with being able to understand and control complex systems (although many lack the needed social skills). However, this doesn't say that a lot of engineers become CEOs, it just says that many people who succeed as CEOs use engineering skills to get there.

And everyone knows software engineers aren't real engineers anyway :-P

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[info]skadd4life
2006-09-20 02:08 pm UTC (link)
>>And everyone knows software engineers aren't real engineers anyway :-P


hahhaahhaha so true

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[info]clover250
2006-09-20 11:47 am UTC (link)
now they just need to make more BME jobs...

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Lies, damn lies and statistics
[info]emagius
2006-09-20 05:16 pm UTC (link)
Note that engineering majors are all grouped together (and I'd wager that Math/CS/Physics majors are included) whereas business majors are split between Business Administration, Economics, and Accounting.

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Re: Lies, damn lies and statistics
[info]rampantbaboon
2006-09-21 08:18 pm UTC (link)
Well, in my class of chemical engineers, there are just over 100 of us. But there are huge classes of ME's and CE's and the like.

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Re: Lies, damn lies and statistics
[info]promisehonesty
2006-09-21 09:47 pm UTC (link)
You can major in engineering in general where as there is no major ((that i know of, I could be wrong and if so I apologise for my ignorance))that combines business admin, economics, and accounting.
Also, like rampantbaboon stated, there are many more students in business related fields than there are in engineering fields.
I wonder what engineering field had the highest percent. Anyone have any ideas?

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