agree with DWI 100%. It's harder to land a job in the US if you do not have a US degree. cool_keta: i did not mean to scare you. i was just saying that civil is a bit harder, but it all depends on the school. maybe your university is strong in civil, and therefore job placements are better. talk to the senior students. that would give you better info. but if i were you, i would start looking for summer internships in civil engineering (even if it is unpaid) soon, and possibly doing civil engineering projects with profs at school. another engineering major that is pretty hot right now is financial engineering. a couple of folks i know who did financial engineering got nabbed for analyst jobs on wall street. this applies to the industrial engineering/operations research/statistics folks also. but it's really important to do an internship and start the job search early.