Engineering, General

7,881 students earn a engineering, general credential each year across 569 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: $68,331
Typical earnings, 5 years out: $88,497

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Bachelor's programs — top 100 of 191 colleges by graduate earnings

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Franklin W Olin College of EngineeringNeedham, Massachusetts39$109,4551 year out$128,427$14,512 2Harvey Mudd CollegeClaremont, California53$92,4911 year out$123,894$22,240 3Brown UniversityProvidence, Rhode Island80$86,4161 year out$117,101$14,500 4University of California-DavisDavis, California0$82,9561 year out$124,810$15,000 5Wentworth Institute of TechnologyBoston, Massachusetts16$78,2111 year out—$27,000 6Lafayette CollegeEaston, Pennsylvania13$76,5071 year out——7McNeese State UniversityLake Charles, Louisiana32$75,5661 year out$99,434$27,249 8Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, Michigan101$75,0581 year out$96,847$22,500 9University of Southern IndianaEvansville, Indiana2$74,9761 year out$86,984—10Wilkes UniversityWilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania—$74,6541 year out—$26,000 11Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempe, Arizona160$74,3281 year out$98,096$26,113 12University of Maryland Eastern ShorePrincess Anne, Maryland11$73,8391 year out—$18,166 13Texas Christian UniversityFort Worth, Texas51$73,7741 year out$103,407$22,944 14University of North Carolina AshevilleAsheville, North Carolina21$73,4101 year out$91,514$31,000 15Elizabethtown CollegeElizabethtown, Pennsylvania35$73,0031 year out$86,261$27,000 16Mercer UniversityMacon, Georgia138$72,4031 year out$88,497$26,000 17Seattle Pacific UniversitySeattle, Washington1$71,7701 year out—$27,000 18North Carolina State University at RaleighRaleigh, North Carolina31$71,7691 year out—$30,518 19James Madison UniversityHarrisonburg, Virginia66$71,1761 year out$88,212$25,000 20University of Missouri-ColumbiaColumbia, Missouri—$70,3661 year out—$23,250 21Calvin UniversityGrand Rapids, Michigan79$68,8521 year out$88,670$23,000 22University of Northwestern-St PaulSaint Paul, Minnesota12$68,5161 year out——23Pennsylvania State University-Penn State BrandywineMedia, Pennsylvania9$68,3311 year out$79,695$27,000 24Pennsylvania State University-Penn State DuBoisDuBois, Pennsylvania7$68,3311 year out$79,695$27,000 25Pennsylvania State University-Penn State AbingtonAbington, Pennsylvania5$68,3311 year out$79,695$27,000 26Pennsylvania State University-Penn State HazletonHazleton, Pennsylvania4$68,3311 year out$79,695$27,000 27Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania—$68,3311 year out$79,695$27,000 28Minnesota State University-MankatoMankato, Minnesota63$68,0441 year out$81,267$27,627 29John Brown UniversitySiloam Springs, Arkansas0$67,9111 year out$90,667$25,488 30George Fox UniversityNewberg, Oregon0$67,5581 year out$89,038$27,000 31University of Minnesota-Twin CitiesMinneapolis, Minnesota—$67,4131 year out—$21,750 32Hope CollegeHolland, Michigan49$67,4101 year out$87,793$27,000 33Oral Roberts UniversityTulsa, Oklahoma17$66,8051 year out—$26,917 34Walla Walla UniversityCollege Place, Washington0$66,4161 year out$82,046$27,625 35Olivet Nazarene UniversityBourbonnais, Illinois31$66,3941 year out$92,885$27,000 36Western Illinois UniversityMacomb, Illinois1$66,1121 year out——37East Carolina UniversityGreenville, North Carolina76$65,7581 year out$85,744$26,978 38Messiah UniversityMechanicsburg, Pennsylvania4$64,8711 year out$74,795$25,798 39Saint Vincent CollegeLatrobe, Pennsylvania17$64,4991 year out—$27,000 40Loyola University MarylandBaltimore, Maryland39$64,1161 year out$99,541$27,000 41University of Mary Hardin-BaylorBelton, Texas15$63,8301 year out——42The University of Tennessee-MartinMartin, Tennessee8$63,7461 year out$77,653$29,750 43Frostburg State UniversityFrostburg, Maryland28$62,9681 year out—$23,750 44Geneva CollegeBeaver Falls, Pennsylvania28$62,4861 year out$79,979$27,000 45Western Carolina UniversityCullowhee, North Carolina45$62,2441 year out—$25,550 46Robert Morris UniversityMoon Township, Pennsylvania62$61,1631 year out$77,607$26,000 47Marshall UniversityHuntington, West Virginia3$60,2541 year out$82,175$27,000 48Stony Brook UniversityStony Brook, New York11$55,4371 year out$95,741$20,000 49University of HartfordWest Hartford, Connecticut9$55,0761 year out$87,718$27,000 50Smith CollegeNorthampton, Massachusetts5$53,5711 year out$90,266$19,000 51Fort Lewis CollegeDurango, Colorado26$50,9851 year out$74,411$28,450 52College of Staten Island CUNYStaten Island, New York29$48,8981 year out$80,915—53Savannah College of Art and DesignSavannah, Georgia100—1 year out——54Ohio University-Main CampusAthens, Ohio56—1 year out——55Massachusetts Maritime AcademyBuzzards Bay, Massachusetts46—1 year out——56Daytona State CollegeDaytona Beach, Florida45—1 year out——57Wake Forest UniversityWinston-Salem, North Carolina36—1 year out——58Swarthmore CollegeSwarthmore, Pennsylvania33—1 year out——59Indiana University-BloomingtonBloomington, Indiana30—1 year out——60Millersville University of PennsylvaniaMillersville, Pennsylvania29—1 year out——61Campbell UniversityBuies Creek, North Carolina27—1 year out——62University of Colorado BoulderBoulder, Colorado26—1 year out——63Abilene Christian UniversityAbilene, Texas23—1 year out——64Trinity CollegeHartford, Connecticut22—1 year out——65University of the Incarnate WordSan Antonio, Texas21—1 year out$73,036—66Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania20—1 year out——67Southern Arkansas University Main CampusMagnolia, Arkansas19—1 year out——68Boise State UniversityBoise, Idaho18—1 year out——69University of MississippiUniversity, Mississippi18—1 year out——70Colorado School of MinesGolden, Colorado17—1 year out$93,878—71Bob Jones UniversityGreenville, South Carolina17—1 year out——72Texas A&M University-College StationCollege Station, Texas17—1 year out——73University of San DiegoSan Diego, California16—1 year out——74Andrews UniversityBerrien Springs, Michigan16—1 year out——75Loras CollegeDubuque, Iowa15—1 year out——76Doane UniversityCrete, Nebraska15—1 year out——77Hampton UniversityHampton, Virginia14—1 year out——78Elon UniversityElon, North Carolina13—1 year out——79United States Naval AcademyAnnapolis, Maryland12—1 year out——80Rowan UniversityGlassboro, New Jersey12—1 year out——81Gonzaga UniversitySpokane, Washington12—1 year out——82Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyTerre Haute, Indiana11—1 year out——83Cornell CollegeMount Vernon, Iowa11—1 year out——84College of the OzarksPoint Lookout, Missouri11—1 year out——85The University of Texas at El PasoEl Paso, Texas11—1 year out——86Santa Clara UniversitySanta Clara, California10—1 year out——87Northwest Nazarene UniversityNampa, Idaho10—1 year out——88Endicott CollegeBeverly, Massachusetts10—1 year out——89Azusa Pacific UniversityAzusa, California9—1 year out——90Indiana State UniversityTerre Haute, Indiana9—1 year out——91Taylor UniversityUpland, Indiana9—1 year out——92Washington and Lee UniversityLexington, Virginia9—1 year out——93University of Detroit MercyDetroit, Michigan8—1 year out——94Temple UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania8—1 year out——95Eastern Mennonite UniversityHarrisonburg, Virginia8—1 year out——96Grand Canyon UniversityPhoenix, Arizona7—1 year out——97Westmont CollegeSanta Barbara, California7—1 year out——98Florida International UniversityMiami, Florida7—1 year out——99Cornell UniversityIthaca, New York7—1 year out$115,100—100Bryan College-DaytonDayton, Tennessee7—1 year out——

Associate programs — top 100 of 352 colleges by graduate earnings

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Tidewater Community CollegeNorfolk, Virginia51$68,5551 year out$79,752$12,250 2Austin Community College DistrictAustin, Texas40$43,1831 year out$75,765$15,375 3CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community CollegeNew York, New York40$30,5181 year out$63,905—4UCNJ Union College of Union County New JerseyCranford, New Jersey56$27,8131 year out$64,157$8,508 5Northern Virginia Community CollegeAnnandale, Virginia232$16,7901 year out$83,194$9,500 6Mississippi Gulf Coast Community CollegePerkinston, Mississippi111—1 year out$46,925$8,250 7Wake Technical Community CollegeRaleigh, North Carolina104—1 year out$75,552$11,182 8Montgomery CollegeRockville, Maryland100—1 year out$93,606—9Tulsa Community CollegeTulsa, Oklahoma73—1 year out$73,047$16,516 10Weber State UniversityOgden, Utah73—1 year out——11South Texas CollegeMcAllen, Texas58—1 year out$50,048—12City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright CollegeChicago, Illinois49—1 year out——13Sinclair Community CollegeDayton, Ohio48—1 year out$70,063$9,192 14San Jacinto Community CollegePasadena, Texas45—1 year out——15William Rainey Harper CollegePalatine, Illinois44—1 year out——16Hudson Valley Community CollegeTroy, New York39—1 year out$76,708$9,000 17Cerritos CollegeNorwalk, California38—1 year out——18Germanna Community CollegeLocust Grove, Virginia38—1 year out——19Snow CollegeEphraim, Utah37—1 year out$67,906—20Norco CollegeNorco, California37—1 year out——21Central New Mexico Community CollegeAlbuquerque, New Mexico34—1 year out$66,126—22Brightpoint Community CollegeChester, Virginia34—1 year out——23Antelope Valley Community College DistrictLancaster, California33—1 year out——24Cabrillo CollegeAptos, California32—1 year out——25Minnesota North CollegeHibbing, Minnesota31—1 year out$61,555—26Brookdale Community CollegeLincroft, New Jersey31—1 year out$80,662—27Central Piedmont Community CollegeCharlotte, North Carolina31—1 year out——28Lone Star College SystemThe Woodlands, Texas31—1 year out——29Oklahoma City Community CollegeOklahoma City, Oklahoma30—1 year out$69,731$11,750 30San Diego Miramar CollegeSan Diego, California29—1 year out——31Elgin Community CollegeElgin, Illinois29—1 year out$46,125—32Washtenaw Community CollegeAnn Arbor, Michigan29—1 year out——33Arizona Western CollegeYuma, Arizona28—1 year out——34Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester CampusSewell, New Jersey27—1 year out——35Chandler-Gilbert Community CollegeChandler, Arizona27—1 year out——36University of Arkansas-Fort SmithFort Smith, Arkansas26—1 year out——37College of Lake CountyGrayslake, Illinois26—1 year out——38Rock Valley CollegeRockford, Illinois26—1 year out——39Monroe Community CollegeRochester, New York26—1 year out$73,051$9,185 40Nash Community CollegeRocky Mount, North Carolina26—1 year out——41Tarrant County College DistrictFort Worth, Texas26—1 year out——42Piedmont Virginia Community CollegeCharlottesville, Virginia26—1 year out——43Clovis Community CollegeFresno, California26—1 year out——44San Joaquin Delta CollegeStockton, California25—1 year out——45Ventura CollegeVentura, California25—1 year out——46Virginia Western Community CollegeRoanoke, Virginia25—1 year out$76,297—47College of DuPageGlen Ellyn, Illinois24—1 year out—$10,500 48Bakersfield CollegeBakersfield, California23—1 year out——49Henry Ford CollegeDearborn, Michigan23—1 year out—$11,813 50Schoolcraft Community College DistrictLivonia, Michigan23—1 year out—$8,949 51Clackamas Community CollegeOregon City, Oregon23—1 year out——52Utah Valley UniversityOrem, Utah23—1 year out——53American River CollegeSacramento, California22—1 year out——54Normandale Community CollegeBloomington, Minnesota22—1 year out$76,152—55Chattanooga State Community CollegeChattanooga, Tennessee22—1 year out$82,823$16,500 56J Sargeant Reynolds Community CollegeRichmond, Virginia22—1 year out$74,135$10,500 57Suffolk County Community CollegeSelden, New York22—1 year out$64,156—58Fullerton CollegeFullerton, California21—1 year out——59Itawamba Community CollegeFulton, Mississippi21—1 year out$67,077—60Butler Community CollegeEl Dorado, Kansas20—1 year out——61Bunker Hill Community CollegeBoston, Massachusetts20—1 year out——62Essex County CollegeNewark, New Jersey20—1 year out$72,634—63Utah Tech UniversitySaint George, Utah20—1 year out——64Moraine Valley Community CollegePalos Hills, Illinois19—1 year out——65Ivy Tech Community CollegeIndianapolis, Indiana19—1 year out$65,706—66Harford Community CollegeBel Air, Maryland19—1 year out——67East Central CollegeUnion, Missouri19—1 year out——68St Charles Community CollegeCottleville, Missouri19—1 year out——69Glendale Community CollegeGlendale, Arizona18—1 year out——70Illinois Central CollegeEast Peoria, Illinois18—1 year out——71McHenry County CollegeCrystal Lake, Illinois18—1 year out——72College of Southern MarylandLa Plata, Maryland18—1 year out——73Copiah-Lincoln Community CollegeWesson, Mississippi18—1 year out——74East Mississippi Community CollegeScooba, Mississippi18—1 year out$70,376—75Johnston Community CollegeSmithfield, North Carolina18—1 year out——76Rose State CollegeMidwest City, Oklahoma18—1 year out——77Community College of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania18—1 year out——78Paris Junior CollegeParis, Texas18—1 year out——79Virginia Peninsula Community CollegeHampton, Virginia18—1 year out$73,384—80Fresno City CollegeFresno, California17—1 year out——81Anne Arundel Community CollegeArnold, Maryland17—1 year out$92,052—82Metropolitan Community College-Kansas CityKansas City, Missouri17—1 year out$64,393—83Delaware County Community CollegeMedia, Pennsylvania17—1 year out——84Phoenix CollegePhoenix, Arizona16—1 year out——85Santa Barbara City CollegeSanta Barbara, California16—1 year out——86Kalamazoo Valley Community CollegeKalamazoo, Michigan16—1 year out——87Dutchess Community CollegePoughkeepsie, New York16—1 year out$74,796—88Mission CollegeSanta Clara, California15—1 year out——89Moorpark CollegeMoorpark, California15—1 year out——90Quinsigamond Community CollegeWorcester, Massachusetts15—1 year out—$16,036 91CUNY Kingsborough Community CollegeBrooklyn, New York15—1 year out——92Bucks County Community CollegeNewtown, Pennsylvania15—1 year out——93Salt Lake Community CollegeSalt Lake City, Utah15—1 year out——94Cuyamaca CollegeEl Cajon, California14—1 year out——95Hartnell CollegeSalinas, California14—1 year out——96Rio Hondo CollegeWhittier, California14—1 year out——97Ocean County CollegeToms River, New Jersey14—1 year out——98CUNY Bronx Community CollegeBronx, New York14—1 year out——99Community College of Baltimore CountyBaltimore, Maryland14—1 year out——100Diablo Valley CollegePleasant Hill, California13—1 year out——

Certificate programs — 56 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh CampusPittsburgh, Pennsylvania12$72,8251 year out—$19,500 2Pennsylvania State University-Penn State AltoonaAltoona, Pennsylvania7$62,0261 year out—$27,000 3Pennsylvania State University-Penn State BerksReading, Pennsylvania2$62,0261 year out—$27,000 4Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania0$62,0261 year out—$27,000 5Ohio University-Main CampusAthens, Ohio76—1 year out——6Ivy Tech Community CollegeIndianapolis, Indiana61—1 year out——7Moore Norman Technology CenterNorman, Oklahoma60—1 year out——8Tulsa Technology CenterTulsa, Oklahoma45—1 year out——9Fresno City CollegeFresno, California39—1 year out——10The University of Texas at AustinAustin, Texas39—1 year out——11Texas A&M University-College StationCollege Station, Texas35—1 year out——12Ventura CollegeVentura, California33—1 year out——13Canadian Valley Technology CenterEl Reno, Oklahoma30—1 year out——14Northeast Technology CenterPryor, Oklahoma29—1 year out——15Clovis Community CollegeFresno, California27—1 year out——16Gordon Cooper Technology CenterShawnee, Oklahoma26—1 year out——17Moorpark CollegeMoorpark, California19—1 year out——18Meridian Technology CenterStillwater, Oklahoma19—1 year out——19Hartnell CollegeSalinas, California18—1 year out——20Ozarks Technical Community CollegeSpringfield, Missouri18—1 year out$65,568—21McLennan Community CollegeWaco, Texas17—1 year out——22Eastern Oklahoma County Technology CenterChoctaw, Oklahoma14—1 year out——23Central Technology CenterDrumright, Oklahoma12—1 year out——24Irvine Valley CollegeIrvine, California11—1 year out——25Santa Ana CollegeSanta Ana, California11—1 year out——26Santa Monica CollegeSanta Monica, California11—1 year out——27Trident Technical CollegeCharleston, South Carolina11—1 year out——28Metro Technology CentersOklahoma City, Oklahoma10—1 year out——29Red River Technology CenterDuncan, Oklahoma9—1 year out——30Kiamichi Technology Center-McAlesterMcAlester, Oklahoma8—1 year out——31Oxnard CollegeOxnard, California7—1 year out——32Jackson CollegeJackson, Michigan6—1 year out——33University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadison, Wisconsin6—1 year out——34Caddo Kiowa Technology CenterFort Cobb, Oklahoma6—1 year out——35San Joaquin Delta CollegeStockton, California5—1 year out——36University of Oklahoma-Norman CampusNorman, Oklahoma5—1 year out——37University of UtahSalt Lake City, Utah5—1 year out——38Ohlone CollegeFremont, California4—1 year out——39Boise State UniversityBoise, Idaho4—1 year out——40Texas A&M University-KingsvilleKingsville, Texas4—1 year out——41Chisholm Trail Technology CenterOmega, Oklahoma4—1 year out——42East Los Angeles CollegeMonterey Park, California3—1 year out——43Reedley CollegeReedley, California3—1 year out——44Scripps CollegeClaremont, California3—1 year out——45Mission CollegeSanta Clara, California2—1 year out——46Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester CampusSewell, New Jersey2—1 year out——47Western Technology CenterBurns Flat, Oklahoma2—1 year out——48Chabot CollegeHayward, California1—1 year out——49Contra Costa CollegeSan Pablo, California1—1 year out——50Monterey Peninsula CollegeMonterey, California1—1 year out——51San Diego Mesa CollegeSan Diego, California1—1 year out——52Salish Kootenai CollegePablo, Montana1—1 year out——53Tri-County Technical CollegePendleton, South Carolina1—1 year out——54Midland CollegeMidland, Texas1—1 year out——55Virginia Western Community CollegeRoanoke, Virginia1—1 year out——56Las Positas CollegeLivermore, California1—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 (—).