Which Major is better in future, chemical engineering or chemistry?

Question

I am now facing the choices of my major in my graduate school. I love chemistry. If I do chemistry, I may get a phD degree in organic synthesis or catalysis (inorganic), or material chemistry. I also want to major in chemistry enigeering. But I don't know which field is better in terms of job opportunity and salary. Could anyone give me some suggestions and talk about the future of each of the major fields mentioned above? Thanks a lot

Answer 1

your range of opportunities and salary will be much wider with a major in chemical engineering. Engineers start with great jobs at great pay and they advance very quickly. My dad is an engineering and he is doing incredibly good. Im majoring in chemical engineering. I plan on being a pharmacologist(the peron that makes drugs) and after I graduate I have to go to graduate school. You can also work in the oil industry, energy indutry, food industry and pharmaceutical industry.  

Answer 2

I don't know the curriculums in the two discipline nowadays, but back when I was in school, it would be more difficult for a Chem Bachelor Degree person to start into Chem Engineering as a Graduate Degree than vice versa.   Chem Engr continues to be the better field for earnings and job openings, but as the previous responder said, you should "follow your heart".   Also, in about 10 years after you graduate,you are more likely to be working in a different field than the field in which you obtained your degree.  

Answer 3

To be honest my friend it all depends what you want to do with your degree. With a PhD you can either go governmental, industrial, or academia where you will either be applying your knowledge to do research and development or applying it in other ways.

Govt wise you can either work federally or for a local state govt but I would guess that most chemistry applied jobs would be forensic based such as using GC/MS to confirm the finding of cocaine bust by the DEA.. Perhaps testing forensic evidence in criminal cases.

Industrially well you can pretty much do whatever you want with a Ph.D. but I'd assume that the obvious choice would be to get a job doing exactly what you got a PhD.

Academically I'd assume you'd be a professor and do research towards a tenure track.

It's all in what you want to do with your degree. I don't know much about chem. eng. but I can at least speak for chemistry/organic chemistry because I'm thinking of getting a PhD myself.  

Answer 4

it's depends upon your intrest.if you have skills and you r ready for hard work than you can achive succses in any field.