Travel program promotes engineering careers

Hundreds of students across South Carolina get the chance over the next three months to try their hands at four kinds of engineering that hold the promise of high-paying jobs that could be critical to the country’s prosperity. A Clemson University team will visit five cities through April to show students how the science and math they are learning in middle and high school apply to engineering in the real world. This year’s installment of Emagine! begins this weekend at the Clemson University Restoration Institute in North Charleston. Students will build towers, program driverless vehicles and perform other activities that show how they can use engineering. Besides North Charleston, the program travels to Rock Hill February 7, Orangeburg February 21, Florence March 7, and Greenville April 18. Some of the highest-paying jobs are going to students with degrees in engineering. According to a report by the website PayScale.com, graduates with bachelor’s degrees in electrical and computer engineering ranked sixth highest with an early-career salary of $66,500 and a mid-career salary of $113,000.