Engineering diplomas are paying off for millennials. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York examined 73 college major groups using Census Bureau data from 2024. The Fed's analysis showed 21 majors had six-figure median wages at the mid-career stage, defined as 35- to 45-year-olds. Many of the top 10 were engineering fields, with chemical, computer, and aerospace studies having the highest median wages. " Engineering jobs often require rigorous coursework if not a higher degree, and the scarcity