<p>According to the National Association of Colleges and Employers, mechanical engineering, which includes fields such as robotics, is ranked fifth on its list of most in-demand bachelor's degrees for its "Job Outlook 2013" survey, right after finance, computer and information science, accounting and business administration/management.</p><p>"Since mechanical engineering is one of the broadest and most versatile of the engineering professions, mechanical engineering graduates are expected to have the shortest post-graduation job searches, particularly in Houston and Texas, where the economy is burgeoning at a much higher speed than the national average," said Dong Liu, associate professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Houston.</p><p>According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, mechanical engineers should experience faster than average growth due to their remaining involved in various manufacturing industries - specifically transportation equipment and machinery manufacturing.</p><p>A key factor in this development is the growing demand for the machines these engineers design, as well as the emergence of new technologies.</p><p><a href="http://www.chron.com/jobs/article/Mechanical-robotics-engineers-see-demand-5193542.php">Keep reading...</a></p>