Architectural Engineering

834 students earn a architectural engineering credential each year across 27 US colleges. Earnings below are the median for each school's graduates one and five years after finishing; debt is the median federal loan balance at completion.

Typical earnings, 1 year out: $73,510
Typical earnings, 5 years out: $91,040

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Bachelor's programs — 27 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1California Polytechnic State University-San Luis ObispoSan Luis Obispo, California27$80,4811 year out$97,098$25,116 2Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania79$80,0701 year out$97,610$31,000 3Auburn UniversityAuburn, Alabama147$77,1151 year out$99,989$22,000 4University of KansasLawrence, Kansas24$76,3531 year out—$23,000 5Drexel UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania21$76,2721 year out$91,040$31,000 6Kansas State UniversityManhattan, Kansas36$74,0911 year out$88,031$27,000 7The University of Texas at AustinAustin, Texas72$73,5101 year out$100,699$25,701 8Missouri University of Science and TechnologyRolla, Missouri38$73,2741 year out$87,360$27,000 9University of Cincinnati-Main CampusCincinnati, Ohio34$72,6911 year out—$25,880 10University of Colorado BoulderBoulder, Colorado31$72,5671 year out$90,523$15,165 11North Carolina A & T State UniversityGreensboro, North Carolina23$67,1521 year out$76,509$28,608 12University of WyomingLaramie, Wyoming21$66,4971 year out$73,951—13Texas A&M University-KingsvilleKingsville, Texas12$55,4591 year out—$24,743 14Texas A&M University-College StationCollege Station, Texas33—1 year out——15Milwaukee School of EngineeringMilwaukee, Wisconsin32—1 year out$88,204—16The University of Texas at ArlingtonArlington, Texas28—1 year out——17Worcester Polytechnic InstituteWorcester, Massachusetts26—1 year out—$27,000 18University of Nebraska-LincolnLincoln, Nebraska26—1 year out——19Illinois Institute of TechnologyChicago, Illinois22—1 year out$91,045—20Oregon State UniversityCorvallis, Oregon22—1 year out——21Oklahoma State University-Main CampusStillwater, Oklahoma21—1 year out——22The University of AlabamaTuscaloosa, Alabama15—1 year out——23University of Oklahoma-Norman CampusNorman, Oklahoma14—1 year out——24Tennessee State UniversityNashville, Tennessee11—1 year out——25University of ArizonaTucson, Arizona10—1 year out——26University of MiamiCoral Gables, Florida9—1 year out——27University of Nebraska at OmahaOmaha, Nebraska——1 year out—$19,630

US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data (4-digit CIP). Graduates are conferrals in the most recent IPEDS year; earnings cover federally-aided completers who are working and not enrolled; medians for small programs are privacy-suppressed (—).