Starting salaries for Engineering Studies majors rank 5th for majors college-wide (5-year average)
Engineering Studies graduates go on to a wide variety of career paths, such as project management, environmental, energy and transportation sector jobs, engineering and technology policy, tech-industry consulting, industrial and information systems management, law, architecture, and many others. In addition, many students go on to graduate school or professional school in engineering management, architecture, city and regional planning, economics, energy systems engineering, environmental management, international development, medical school, and law school.
Nia Holland '19, EGRS major with French minor. Current position: Senior Associate Consultant for HKA, a global firm specializing in risk mitigation, dispute resolution, expert witness services, and litigation services. Brynn Fuller-Becker '19 double major in EGRS and Environmental Science; Current field: Renewable energy policy and development; Current position: Communications & Advocacy Manager for New Yorkers for Clean Power Fanessa de la Rosa '19 double major Engineering Studies and International Affairs; Current field: Urban renewal; Current position: Commercial Revitalization Program Manager at the Fordham Road Business Improvement District (BID) in Bronx, NY Katie Geraghty '16 double major EGRS and math with an environmental studies minor; Current field: STEM education reform; Current position: CAD/Engineering & Robotics Teacher at Staten Island Technical High School Perry Schiff '13 EGRS
Current position: Modern Treasury Partner (business software)
Prior positions: Education reform, Senior Partner Platform Analyst Monica Nelson '14 EGRS with Economics minor
Current position: Technology Strategy and Governance Professional at Gilbane Building (after being a lead project engineer)Joe Ingrao '16 EGRS/Asian Studies double major, minor in Anthropology & Sociology followed by Stanford Law
Current position: Judicial Law Clerk for Appellate Court
Prior position: Legal Fellow at the Clean Air Council
Megan Schmidt '17 EGRS/FAMS double major
Current position: Project engineer for Engineering & Land Planning Associates Inc. Masters student at Drexel in Water Management
Emma Fortier '18 EGRS/English double major
Current position: Research associate at the Center for Curriculum Redesign (STEM Education reform)Jack Kleinert '19 EGRS/Economics double major
Current position: Financial Software Client Services Manager at FactSet (Tech industry data analysis)Ava Shore '19 EGRS/Psychology double major, Environmental Studies minor
Current position: Team Operations Manager, Solar StatesIsabel Peck '20 EGRS with Environmental Studies minor
Current position: Associate Project Developer, Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind LLCDaniel Gonzalez '20 EGRS/International Affairs double major</B>
Previous positions: ESRI Software and Mapping, Technical Program Manager at Google as part of their Climate Operations team, focused on Data and Software Climate solutions
Current: Graduate school at Yale School of the Environment
Louisa Rose '23 (Engineering Studies and Classical Civilization double major) is a member of the Services Technical Excellence Program at Wabtec Corporation. She is a member of the first class of the STEP Program, and the first woman in the program. In her first rotation, she split her time between being a locomotive technical advisor/material specialist and working on projects around the site. In recent years, Lafayette’s Engineering Studies graduates have gone on to positions including:
Applications Engineer, Lutron
Energy and Utilities Consultant, West Monroe Partners
Coordinator of Local Foods and Environment, Buy Fresh Buy Local & Nurture Nature Center
Sustainable Urban Planner, Engineering & Land Planning Associates
Clean Energy and Mobility Coordinator, EnergyLab
Energy Technology Analyst, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Project Engineers at Clark Construction Group LLC, DPR Construction, Turner Construction, Whiting-Turner Construction, and Henkles & McCoy
Research Analyst, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Financial Services Technology Advisor, Ernst & Young
Treasury Management Analyst, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Analytics Consultant, Deloitte
Product Engineer, Clyde Financial and Tech Services
Litigation Paralegal, Boies Scholler Flexner LLP
Project Assistant and Paralegal, Proskauer Rose Law
Sales Coordinator, Jaragua Electro-Chemicals
Product Management/Development Analyst, Verizon
Associate Editor/Automotive Journalist, Motor Trend
Lafayette Engineering Studies graduates also go on to further study in graduate school, including:
Energy, Science, Technology and Policy, Carnegie Mellon University
Engineering Management, Dartmouth College
Engineering Management, Duke University
Environmental and Water Resources Engineering, Villanova University
Environmental Law, Stanford Law School
Environmental Management, Yale School of the Environment
Information Systems, Northeastern University
Sustainability Management, University of Toronto
Sustainability Management, Columbia University
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