Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians

8,266 students earn a electrical/electronic engineering technologies/technicians credential each year across 477 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: $68,334
Typical earnings, 5 years out: $85,325

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Bachelor's programs — top 100 of 114 colleges by graduates

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1DeVry University-IllinoisLisle, Illinois149$67,3951 year out$85,005$53,062 2Texas A&M University-College StationCollege Station, Texas132$78,1851 year out$91,482$27,000 3University of Arkansas GranthamLIttle Rock, Arkansas71$87,6061 year out—$32,109 4Purdue University-Main CampusWest Lafayette, Indiana59$74,9811 year out$83,800$23,250 5CUNY New York City College of TechnologyBrooklyn, New York51$61,5201 year out$87,346—6California State Polytechnic University-PomonaPomona, California37$68,8151 year out$93,446$14,572 7University of North Carolina at CharlotteCharlotte, North Carolina35$66,4211 year out—$25,499 8Excelsior UniversityAlbany, New York31$83,4791 year out—$24,073 9Farmingdale State CollegeFarmingdale, New York28$53,7291 year out$84,598$15,500 10University of HoustonHouston, Texas23$74,8351 year out$92,134$23,750 11Kennesaw State UniversityKennesaw, Georgia22$71,0641 year out$87,240$32,919 12SUNY Polytechnic InstituteUtica, New York21$52,3361 year out$82,369$24,750 13Northwestern State University of LouisianaNatchitoches, Louisiana20$39,2821 year out—$27,000 14University of ToledoToledo, Ohio20—1 year out——15University of Puerto Rico-AguadillaAguadilla, Puerto Rico19—1 year out——16Metropolitan State University of DenverDenver, Colorado18$75,9661 year out$94,588$26,500 17University of MaineOrono, Maine18$73,6921 year out$100,066$27,115 18Miami Dade CollegeMiami, Florida17—1 year out——19University of Puerto RicoBayamon, Puerto Rico17—1 year out$46,460—20Ferris State UniversityBig Rapids, Michigan16$68,3341 year out$88,081—21University of Wisconsin-OshkoshOshkosh, Wisconsin16—1 year out——22Western Carolina UniversityCullowhee, North Carolina15$67,0031 year out—$23,154 23Rochester Institute of TechnologyRochester, New York14$75,2271 year out$92,742$30,407 24University of Arkansas-Fort SmithFort Smith, Arkansas13—1 year out——25Southern Illinois University-CarbondaleCarbondale, Illinois13$72,4951 year out——26Indiana University-IndianapolisIndianapolis, Indiana13$70,8871 year out$73,308—27Fort Valley State UniversityFort Valley, Georgia12—1 year out——28Eastern Michigan UniversityYpsilanti, Michigan12—1 year out——29Central Washington UniversityEllensburg, Washington12—1 year out$111,285—30University of the District of ColumbiaWashington, District of Columbia11—1 year out——31Valencia CollegeOrlando, Florida11$64,5381 year out$85,338$12,299 32Savannah State UniversitySavannah, Georgia11$26,8681 year out$75,709—33SUNY College of Technology at AlfredAlfred, New York11—1 year out$86,063—34SUNY Buffalo State UniversityBuffalo, New York11$71,8941 year out$89,829$28,000 35North Carolina A & T State UniversityGreensboro, North Carolina11$47,4221 year out$86,427$36,239 36Benedict CollegeColumbia, South Carolina11—1 year out——37Purdue University NorthwestHammond, Indiana11$75,6751 year out—$25,625 38Northern Kentucky UniversityHighland Heights, Kentucky10—1 year out——39Wayne State UniversityDetroit, Michigan10$82,5241 year out$106,090$33,351 40Vaughn College of Aeronautics and TechnologyFlushing, New York10—1 year out$99,071—41Cleveland State UniversityCleveland, Ohio10$66,0441 year out——42Oklahoma State University-Main CampusStillwater, Oklahoma10$78,4171 year out—$26,220 43New England Institute of TechnologyEast Greenwich, Rhode Island10$70,6471 year out$89,857$28,707 44Middle Tennessee State UniversityMurfreesboro, Tennessee10—1 year out——45University of Wisconsin-Green BayGreen Bay, Wisconsin10—1 year out——46California State University-Long BeachLong Beach, California9$57,0691 year out$80,484—47University of Massachusetts-LowellLowell, Massachusetts9—1 year out——48University of Akron Main CampusAkron, Ohio9$70,1381 year out$86,801$31,000 49Lorain County Community CollegeElyria, Ohio9—1 year out——50Pennsylvania Western UniversityCalifornia, Pennsylvania9—1 year out$76,861—51University of HartfordWest Hartford, Connecticut8—1 year out$70,405$27,000 52Indiana State UniversityTerre Haute, Indiana8—1 year out——53Pittsburg State UniversityPittsburg, Kansas8—1 year out——54Lawrence Technological UniversitySouthfield, Michigan8—1 year out——55University of Michigan-Ann ArborAnn Arbor, Michigan8—1 year out——56University of New Hampshire at ManchesterManchester, New Hampshire8—1 year out——57Jacksonville State UniversityJacksonville, Alabama7—1 year out——58Central Connecticut State UniversityNew Britain, Connecticut7—1 year out——59Idaho State UniversityPocatello, Idaho7—1 year out——60Purdue University Fort WayneFort Wayne, Indiana7—1 year out$85,325—61Michigan Technological UniversityHoughton, Michigan7—1 year out——62Minnesota State University-MankatoMankato, Minnesota7—1 year out——63University of Southern MississippiHattiesburg, Mississippi7—1 year out——64Northern New Mexico CollegeEspanola, New Mexico7—1 year out——65Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend CollegeErie, Pennsylvania7$81,4721 year out$85,955—66South Dakota State UniversityBrookings, South Dakota6—1 year out——67Grand Canyon UniversityPhoenix, Arizona5—1 year out——68SUNY College of Technology at CantonCanton, New York5—1 year out——69Zane State CollegeZanesville, Ohio5—1 year out——70Youngstown State UniversityYoungstown, Ohio5—1 year out$79,649—71Weber State UniversityOgden, Utah5—1 year out$92,194—72Virginia State UniversityPetersburg, Virginia5—1 year out——73Inter American University of Puerto Rico-San GermanSan German, Puerto Rico5—1 year out——74Inter American University of Puerto Rico-AguadillaAguadilla, Puerto Rico5—1 year out——75Florida Agricultural and Mechanical UniversityTallahassee, Florida4—1 year out——76Northern Michigan UniversityMarquette, Michigan4—1 year out——77Johnson & Wales University-ProvidenceProvidence, Rhode Island4$72,1201 year out—$27,000 78South Carolina State UniversityOrangeburg, South Carolina4—1 year out——79Norfolk State UniversityNorfolk, Virginia4—1 year out——80Fairmont State UniversityFairmont, West Virginia4—1 year out——81Troy UniversityTroy, Alabama3—1 year out——82East-West UniversityChicago, Illinois3—1 year out——83Orion Technical CollegeDavenport, Iowa3$60,2201 year out$59,615$28,302 84Langston UniversityLangston, Oklahoma3—1 year out——85Oregon Institute of TechnologyKlamath Falls, Oregon3—1 year out——86Vermont State UniversityRandolph, Vermont3—1 year out——87Bluefield State UniversityBluefield, West Virginia3—1 year out——88Chapman UniversityOrange, California2—1 year out——89Benedictine CollegeAtchison, Kansas2—1 year out——90Missouri Western State UniversitySaint Joseph, Missouri2—1 year out——91LeTourneau UniversityLongview, Texas2—1 year out——92Texas Southern UniversityHouston, Texas2—1 year out——93Nevada State UniversityHenderson, Nevada2—1 year out——94DeVry College of New YorkNew York, New York2$67,3951 year out$85,005$53,062 95DeVry University-CaliforniaOntario, California2$67,3951 year out$85,005$53,062 96Grambling State UniversityGrambling, Louisiana1—1 year out——97Capitol Technology UniversityLaurel, Maryland1—1 year out——98Lake Superior State UniversitySault Ste Marie, Michigan1—1 year out——99Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan CampusTeaneck, New Jersey1—1 year out——100South CollegeKnoxville, Tennessee1—1 year out——

Associate programs — top 100 of 308 colleges by graduates

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1DeVry University-IllinoisLisle, Illinois152$58,0561 year out$56,000$28,782 2Bismarck State CollegeBismarck, North Dakota65$89,4601 year out$114,086$14,236 3Dallas CollegeDallas, Texas54$59,0571 year out$43,103$12,549 4Thomas Edison State UniversityTrenton, New Jersey50$52,9771 year out$69,410$9,200 5Northeast State Community CollegeBlountville, Tennessee45$39,9541 year out$55,297—6CUNY New York City College of TechnologyBrooklyn, New York41—1 year out——7Stark State CollegeNorth Canton, Ohio41$109,1981 year out—$11,083 8State Technical College of MissouriLinn, Missouri38$50,9311 year out$49,937$12,000 9Great Basin CollegeElko, Nevada38—1 year out$97,248—10NUC UniversityBayamon, Puerto Rico37$26,8361 year out$32,004$12,000 11University of Arkansas GranthamLIttle Rock, Arkansas36$55,2601 year out—$22,814 12Ivy Tech Community CollegeIndianapolis, Indiana34$54,8521 year out$70,603$12,125 13Columbus State Community CollegeColumbus, Ohio32—1 year out——14Vincennes UniversityVincennes, Indiana31$48,8911 year out$57,202$13,000 15Monroe Community CollegeRochester, New York28$51,2451 year out$60,415$13,250 16Victoria CollegeVictoria, Texas28$63,9081 year out$88,784—17Southeastern Community CollegeWhiteville, North Carolina26—1 year out——18Montana State University-NorthernHavre, Montana24$42,9231 year out$72,249$10,708 19Zane State CollegeZanesville, Ohio24$47,9461 year out$87,663$10,334 20CUNY Queensborough Community CollegeBayside, New York23—1 year out$60,866—21Onondaga Community CollegeSyracuse, New York23$48,0581 year out—$10,787 22College of Micronesia-FSMPohnpei, Micronesia23—1 year out——23Elizabethtown Community and Technical CollegeElizabethtown, Kentucky22—1 year out——24Austin Community College DistrictAustin, Texas22$51,6401 year out$55,619—25Valencia CollegeOrlando, Florida20$40,3881 year out$63,206$9,168 26Henry Ford CollegeDearborn, Michigan20—1 year out——27Pearl River Community CollegePoplarville, Mississippi20$39,9291 year out$46,220$10,625 28Lorain County Community CollegeElyria, Ohio20—1 year out——29Orangeburg Calhoun Technical CollegeOrangeburg, South Carolina20$67,4061 year out$93,205—30Lake Area Technical CollegeWatertown, South Dakota20—1 year out——31Indian Hills Community CollegeOttumwa, Iowa19$68,5901 year out$59,523$10,669 32Lake Superior CollegeDuluth, Minnesota19—1 year out$80,317—33Terra State Community CollegeFremont, Ohio19—1 year out——34Florence-Darlington Technical CollegeFlorence, South Carolina19—1 year out——35New River Community CollegeDublin, Virginia19$60,1831 year out——36Gadsden State Community CollegeGadsden, Alabama18$37,3021 year out$62,305—37Southern Maine Community CollegeSouth Portland, Maine18$43,1811 year out$55,874$10,250 38Nassau Community CollegeGarden City, New York17—1 year out$70,983—39Cincinnati State Technical and Community CollegeCincinnati, Ohio17—1 year out——40Houston City CollegeHouston, Texas17—1 year out——41Jefferson Community and Technical CollegeLouisville, Kentucky16$71,0701 year out——42Wake Technical Community CollegeRaleigh, North Carolina16—1 year out——43James A. Rhodes State CollegeLima, Ohio16—1 year out——44Milwaukee Area Technical CollegeMilwaukee, Wisconsin16—1 year out$58,082—45Instituto Tecnologico de Puerto Rico-Recinto de ManatiManati, Puerto Rico16—1 year out——46College of Western IdahoNampa, Idaho16—1 year out$63,575$13,624 47Front Range Community CollegeWestminster, Colorado15—1 year out——48Indian River State CollegeFort Pierce, Florida15$60,0391 year out$73,535—49Purdue University Fort WayneFort Wayne, Indiana15—1 year out——50Anoka Technical CollegeAnoka, Minnesota15—1 year out——51Central Piedmont Community CollegeCharlotte, North Carolina15—1 year out——52Coastal Carolina Community CollegeJacksonville, North Carolina15—1 year out——53Instituto Tecnologico de Puerto Rico-Recinto de GuayamaGuayama, Puerto Rico15—1 year out——54Palm Beach State CollegeLake Worth, Florida14—1 year out——55Mercer County Community CollegeWest Windsor, New Jersey14—1 year out——56Hudson Valley Community CollegeTroy, New York14—1 year out$77,374—57Portland Community CollegePortland, Oregon14—1 year out$87,006$17,000 58South CollegeKnoxville, Tennessee14—1 year out——59Collin County Community College DistrictMcKinney, Texas14—1 year out——60Miami Dade CollegeMiami, Florida13—1 year out——61Western New Mexico UniversitySilver City, New Mexico13—1 year out——62Cleveland State Community CollegeCleveland, Tennessee13—1 year out——63Wharton County Junior CollegeWharton, Texas13—1 year out——64Gateway Technical CollegeKenosha, Wisconsin13—1 year out—$15,185 65Des Moines Area Community CollegeAnkeny, Iowa12—1 year out——66Hennepin Technical CollegeBrooklyn Park, Minnesota12$56,0731 year out$56,616$16,246 67Youngstown State UniversityYoungstown, Ohio12—1 year out$72,449$17,609 68Tulsa Community CollegeTulsa, Oklahoma12—1 year out——69Spartanburg Community CollegeSpartanburg, South Carolina12—1 year out$66,445—70Fox Valley Technical CollegeAppleton, Wisconsin12—1 year out$66,580—71Northeast Wisconsin Technical CollegeGreen Bay, Wisconsin12—1 year out$67,478—72Waukesha County Technical CollegePewaukee, Wisconsin12—1 year out——73Suffolk County Community CollegeSelden, New York12—1 year out——74Mesa Community CollegeMesa, Arizona11—1 year out——75Kirkwood Community CollegeCedar Rapids, Iowa11$60,2101 year out$54,335—76SUNY Westchester Community CollegeValhalla, New York11—1 year out——77Horry-Georgetown Technical CollegeConway, South Carolina11—1 year out$48,888—78Piedmont Technical CollegeGreenwood, South Carolina11—1 year out——79Mitchell Technical CollegeMitchell, South Dakota11$51,8321 year out$64,545—80Vermont State UniversityRandolph, Vermont11—1 year out——81North Seattle CollegeSeattle, Washington11—1 year out——82BridgeValley Community & Technical CollegeSouth Charleston, West Virginia11—1 year out$74,705—83Connecticut State Community CollegeNew Britain, Connecticut10—1 year out——84Chattahoochee Technical CollegeMarietta, Georgia10—1 year out$59,755—85Orion Technical CollegeDavenport, Iowa10$51,6411 year out$56,288$25,351 86Bluegrass Community and Technical CollegeLexington, Kentucky10—1 year out——87Schoolcraft Community College DistrictLivonia, Michigan10—1 year out——88County College of MorrisRandolph, New Jersey10—1 year out——89Erie Community CollegeBuffalo, New York10—1 year out——90SUNY College of Technology at DelhiDelhi, New York10—1 year out$63,799—91Craven Community CollegeNew Bern, North Carolina10—1 year out——92Owens Community CollegePerrysburg, Ohio10—1 year out$77,609—93Erie Institute of Technology IncErie, Pennsylvania10—1 year out——94Midlands Technical CollegeWest Columbia, South Carolina10—1 year out——95Nashville State Community CollegeNashville, Tennessee10$52,4241 year out$84,134—96Columbia Gorge Community CollegeThe Dalles, Oregon10—1 year out$68,208—97Kennebec Valley Community CollegeFairfield, Maine9—1 year out——98Mott Community CollegeFlint, Michigan9—1 year out——99Kalamazoo Valley Community CollegeKalamazoo, Michigan9—1 year out——100Rowan College at Burlington CountyMount Laurel, New Jersey9—1 year out——

Certificate programs — top 100 of 232 colleges by graduates

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Northern Virginia Community CollegeAnnandale, Virginia250—1 year out—$9,798 2Columbus State Community CollegeColumbus, Ohio192—1 year out——3Dallas CollegeDallas, Texas158$59,6791 year out—$12,269 4Owensboro Community and Technical CollegeOwensboro, Kentucky146—1 year out——5Brightpoint Community CollegeChester, Virginia122$39,2041 year out—$9,000 6Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical CollegeBowling Green, Kentucky113$60,3811 year out—$8,396 7Valencia CollegeOrlando, Florida93—1 year out——8Pinnacle Career InstituteKansas City, Missouri91—1 year out——9Seminole State College of FloridaSanford, Florida89—1 year out——10Bluegrass Community and Technical CollegeLexington, Kentucky87$69,9241 year out—$7,000 11New River Community CollegeDublin, Virginia80—1 year out——12Victoria CollegeVictoria, Texas79—1 year out——13Ivy Tech Community CollegeIndianapolis, Indiana75—1 year out——14Elizabethtown Community and Technical CollegeElizabethtown, Kentucky74—1 year out——15James A. Rhodes State CollegeLima, Ohio73—1 year out——16Virginia Peninsula Community CollegeHampton, Virginia72—1 year out——17Laurel Ridge Community CollegeMiddletown, Virginia62—1 year out$59,142—18Jefferson Community and Technical CollegeLouisville, Kentucky61—1 year out—$11,345 19Huertas CollegeCaguas, Puerto Rico57$20,9041 year out$31,576—20DeVry University-IllinoisLisle, Illinois57—1 year out——21Terra State Community CollegeFremont, Ohio56—1 year out——22J Sargeant Reynolds Community CollegeRichmond, Virginia55—1 year out——23Craven Community CollegeNew Bern, North Carolina38—1 year out——24Edison State Community CollegePiqua, Ohio37—1 year out——25Tidewater Community CollegeNorfolk, Virginia37$56,9711 year out—$14,789 26Somerset Community CollegeSomerset, Kentucky36—1 year out——27Virginia Western Community CollegeRoanoke, Virginia36$40,1041 year out——28Universal Technical Institute-CantonCanton, Michigan35—1 year out——29Henry Ford CollegeDearborn, Michigan35—1 year out——30Danville Community CollegeDanville, Virginia35$57,5331 year out$49,143$7,999 31Germanna Community CollegeLocust Grove, Virginia35—1 year out——32Front Range Community CollegeWestminster, Colorado32—1 year out——33Wichita Technical InstituteWichita, Kansas31$38,4031 year out$45,890$16,500 34Blue Ridge Community CollegeWeyers Cave, Virginia31—1 year out——35High Plains Technology CenterWoodward, Oklahoma29—1 year out——36Central Carolina Community CollegeSanford, North Carolina28—1 year out——37Crowder CollegeNeosho, Missouri27—1 year out——38Monroe Community CollegeRochester, New York26—1 year out——39Collin County Community College DistrictMcKinney, Texas26—1 year out——40Ozarks Technical Community CollegeSpringfield, Missouri25—1 year out——41Erie Institute of Technology IncErie, Pennsylvania25—1 year out——42Iowa Western Community CollegeCouncil Bluffs, Iowa24—1 year out——43Coastal Carolina Community CollegeJacksonville, North Carolina24—1 year out——44York Technical CollegeRock Hill, South Carolina24—1 year out——45Arkansas Tech UniversityRussellville, Arkansas23—1 year out——46College of Western IdahoNampa, Idaho23—1 year out——47Gwinnett Technical CollegeLawrenceville, Georgia22—1 year out——48Cleveland State Community CollegeCleveland, Tennessee22—1 year out——49Trinity Valley Community CollegeAthens, Texas22—1 year out——50Southwest Virginia Community CollegeCedar Bluff, Virginia22—1 year out——51Mountain Empire Community CollegeBig Stone Gap, Virginia21—1 year out——52Mesa Community CollegeMesa, Arizona20—1 year out——53Indian River State CollegeFort Pierce, Florida20—1 year out——54Anoka Technical CollegeAnoka, Minnesota20—1 year out——55Isothermal Community CollegeSpindale, North Carolina20—1 year out——56Bismarck State CollegeBismarck, North Dakota20—1 year out——57Lorain County Community CollegeElyria, Ohio19—1 year out——58Rappahannock Community CollegeGlenns, Virginia19—1 year out——59Hillsborough CollegeTampa, Florida18—1 year out——60Pitt Community CollegeWinterville, North Carolina18—1 year out——61Austin Community College DistrictAustin, Texas17—1 year out——62Mountain Gateway Community CollegeClifton Forge, Virginia17—1 year out——63Colby Community CollegeColby, Kansas16—1 year out——64Davidson-Davie Community CollegeThomasville, North Carolina16—1 year out——65Tarrant County College DistrictFort Worth, Texas16—1 year out——66Southside Virginia Community CollegeAlberta, Virginia16—1 year out——67Stautzenberger College-Rockford Career CollegeRockford, Illinois16$28,7321 year out—$13,583 68Lanier Technical CollegeGainesville, Georgia15—1 year out——69Pikes Peak State CollegeColorado Springs, Colorado14—1 year out——70Owens Community CollegePerrysburg, Ohio14—1 year out——71Central Virginia Community CollegeLynchburg, Virginia14—1 year out——72Patrick & Henry Community CollegeMartinsville, Virginia14—1 year out——73North Seattle CollegeSeattle, Washington14—1 year out——74Red River Technology CenterDuncan, Oklahoma14—1 year out——75Hopkinsville Community CollegeHopkinsville, Kentucky13—1 year out——76County College of MorrisRandolph, New Jersey13—1 year out——77Catawba Valley Community CollegeHickory, North Carolina13—1 year out——78Arkansas State University-Mountain HomeMountain Home, Arkansas13—1 year out——79Cape Coral Technical CollegeCape Coral, Florida13—1 year out——80Des Moines Area Community CollegeAnkeny, Iowa12—1 year out——81Hawkeye Community CollegeWaterloo, Iowa12—1 year out——82Big Sandy Community and Technical CollegePrestonsburg, Kentucky12$31,2171 year out——83Hinds Community CollegeRaymond, Mississippi12—1 year out$36,937—84Wake Technical Community CollegeRaleigh, North Carolina12—1 year out——85Fort Myers Technical CollegeFort Myers, Florida11—1 year out——86Triton CollegeRiver Grove, Illinois11—1 year out——87Horry-Georgetown Technical CollegeConway, South Carolina11—1 year out——88Milwaukee Area Technical CollegeMilwaukee, Wisconsin11—1 year out——89Athens Technical CollegeAthens, Georgia11—1 year out——90Georgia Northwestern Technical CollegeRome, Georgia10—1 year out——91Springfield Technical Community CollegeSpringfield, Massachusetts10—1 year out——92Mississippi Gulf Coast Community CollegePerkinston, Mississippi10—1 year out——93Western New Mexico UniversitySilver City, New Mexico10—1 year out——94Beaufort County Community CollegeWashington, North Carolina10—1 year out——95Lake Region State CollegeDevils Lake, North Dakota10—1 year out——96Broward CollegeFort Lauderdale, Florida9—1 year out——97Idaho State UniversityPocatello, Idaho9—1 year out——98Henderson Community CollegeHenderson, Kentucky9—1 year out——99Wayne County Community College DistrictDetroit, Michigan9—1 year out——100Hennepin Technical CollegeBrooklyn Park, Minnesota9—1 year out——

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 (—).