I can relate...

To this article...
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/19/the-college-majors-that-do-best-in-the-job-market/

I remember between college and graduate school, I wanted to find a job. I applied to literally 147 different places. Let me also say that probably 140 of the 147 did not involve any kind of college degree. Why? I was an English major. Which means that I had NO practical and NO intellectual skills, other than being able to write a little better than most people. I remember coming to my "great job" at the GNC one day and talking with a friend who ran the GNC up the street (the one that almost ended my career, eventually). She did not have a college degree. I was saying that I regretted getting mine because it took so damn long, and I didn't really learn anything from it. And it was true. I learned NOTHING while I was an undergrad. I saw the back of a museum a few times, and that was interesting. And I liked my architecture classes, because they were pretty fun, and now I feel like I can identify buildings. 

I see this and it reminds me of that sort of burdensome truth of getting a college degree in today's world-- it's just not enough anymore. I'm glad I have a masters, and I'm REALLY glad it's a practical masters. Even if I didn't get to start at the top of the pyramid with my next job, I'm glad to know that I've got a niche set of skills that makes me a viable candidate for positions that require a college degree-- clearly my goal is government work, which requires a Ph.D. in my field, but it's nice to think that I've done something for the backup. Get a certified masters degree and get your CF and you're in a much more luxurious boat when swimming the sea of job vacancies, although you may never find land no matter how nice your boat is.

Nonetheless, good read above. Good for those looking at college now too-- engineering sounds like they know what's going on. I've always thought engineers were particularly amazing. They both know and do... there's something to be said for that.