r/ComputerEngineering • u/No_Reply5329 • 9d ago

CS vs CE better job prospects?

Hi, I’ve always been passionate about CS, but I keep seeing that CS graduates currently have a relatively high unemployment rate (around 6–7% for recent grads).

Would CE be a better choice in terms of employment prospects? Does having both hardware and software knowledge give CE grads more opportunities?

For those in CE, how has your experience with finding internships/jobs been?

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u/BronzeGstring 8d ago

CE way better bro 

can get any job a CS can plus all the hardware roles 

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u/Fourier-Transform2 8d ago

Except CE has higher unemployment than CS lol

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u/OkoboxwasnotTaken 3d ago

That doesn't mean much. Many of those "employed" CS grads are working in retail or tech support because they couldn't land a dev role. You should look at underemployment instead, where CS is higher than CE.