What’s the most profitable career path?

[u/MistakeSea6886]

I’m a freshmen Engineering major that is taking gen Ed’s. I am thinking of switching to chemical engineering next year. I really like ChE but but want to pick a profitable career path, which is why I’m on the fence between it and Computer science. I did research and found that petroleum engineering is very profitable, and ChE can pick it pretty quickly. However with the way the world is going(more green energy), are renewable energy jobs such as nuclear power plants going to experience a boom in demand and become more profitable?

[u/Mbeheit]

If you don’t really enjoy chemical Eng and just want to pursue it as a major because of money… you’ll suffer. Not only you’ll be unhappy at the end but also will struggle while studying it because the classes are very tough. I’ve met people that enrolled in ChemEng because of the money and dropped during the second year. At least I struggle with my classes but love my major at the end of the day. Good luck!