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 graduates

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempe, Arizona160$74,3281 year out$98,096$26,113 2Mercer UniversityMacon, Georgia138$72,4031 year out$88,497$26,000 3Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, Michigan101$75,0581 year out$96,847$22,500 4Savannah College of Art and DesignSavannah, Georgia100—1 year out——5Brown UniversityProvidence, Rhode Island80$86,4161 year out$117,101$14,500 6Calvin UniversityGrand Rapids, Michigan79$68,8521 year out$88,670$23,000 7East Carolina UniversityGreenville, North Carolina76$65,7581 year out$85,744$26,978 8James Madison UniversityHarrisonburg, Virginia66$71,1761 year out$88,212$25,000 9Minnesota State University-MankatoMankato, Minnesota63$68,0441 year out$81,267$27,627 10Robert Morris UniversityMoon Township, Pennsylvania62$61,1631 year out$77,607$26,000 11Ohio University-Main CampusAthens, Ohio56—1 year out——12Harvey Mudd CollegeClaremont, California53$92,4911 year out$123,894$22,240 13Texas Christian UniversityFort Worth, Texas51$73,7741 year out$103,407$22,944 14Hope CollegeHolland, Michigan49$67,4101 year out$87,793$27,000 15Massachusetts Maritime AcademyBuzzards Bay, Massachusetts46—1 year out——16Daytona State CollegeDaytona Beach, Florida45—1 year out——17Western Carolina UniversityCullowhee, North Carolina45$62,2441 year out—$25,550 18Loyola University MarylandBaltimore, Maryland39$64,1161 year out$99,541$27,000 19Franklin W Olin College of EngineeringNeedham, Massachusetts39$109,4551 year out$128,427$14,512 20Wake Forest UniversityWinston-Salem, North Carolina36—1 year out——21Elizabethtown CollegeElizabethtown, Pennsylvania35$73,0031 year out$86,261$27,000 22Swarthmore CollegeSwarthmore, Pennsylvania33—1 year out——23McNeese State UniversityLake Charles, Louisiana32$75,5661 year out$99,434$27,249 24Olivet Nazarene UniversityBourbonnais, Illinois31$66,3941 year out$92,885$27,000 25North Carolina State University at RaleighRaleigh, North Carolina31$71,7691 year out—$30,518 26Indiana University-BloomingtonBloomington, Indiana30—1 year out——27College of Staten Island CUNYStaten Island, New York29$48,8981 year out$80,915—28Millersville University of PennsylvaniaMillersville, Pennsylvania29—1 year out——29Frostburg State UniversityFrostburg, Maryland28$62,9681 year out—$23,750 30Geneva CollegeBeaver Falls, Pennsylvania28$62,4861 year out$79,979$27,000 31Campbell UniversityBuies Creek, North Carolina27—1 year out——32University of Colorado BoulderBoulder, Colorado26—1 year out——33Fort Lewis CollegeDurango, Colorado26$50,9851 year out$74,411$28,450 34Abilene Christian UniversityAbilene, Texas23—1 year out——35Trinity CollegeHartford, Connecticut22—1 year out——36University of North Carolina AshevilleAsheville, North Carolina21$73,4101 year out$91,514$31,000 37University of the Incarnate WordSan Antonio, Texas21—1 year out$73,036—38Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania20—1 year out——39Southern Arkansas University Main CampusMagnolia, Arkansas19—1 year out——40Boise State UniversityBoise, Idaho18—1 year out——41University of MississippiUniversity, Mississippi18—1 year out——42Colorado School of MinesGolden, Colorado17—1 year out$93,878—43Oral Roberts UniversityTulsa, Oklahoma17$66,8051 year out—$26,917 44Saint Vincent CollegeLatrobe, Pennsylvania17$64,4991 year out—$27,000 45Bob Jones UniversityGreenville, South Carolina17—1 year out——46Texas A&M University-College StationCollege Station, Texas17—1 year out——47University of San DiegoSan Diego, California16—1 year out——48Wentworth Institute of TechnologyBoston, Massachusetts16$78,2111 year out—$27,000 49Andrews UniversityBerrien Springs, Michigan16—1 year out——50Loras CollegeDubuque, Iowa15—1 year out——51Doane UniversityCrete, Nebraska15—1 year out——52University of Mary Hardin-BaylorBelton, Texas15$63,8301 year out——53Hampton UniversityHampton, Virginia14—1 year out——54Elon UniversityElon, North Carolina13—1 year out——55Lafayette CollegeEaston, Pennsylvania13$76,5071 year out——56United States Naval AcademyAnnapolis, Maryland12—1 year out——57University of Northwestern-St PaulSaint Paul, Minnesota12$68,5161 year out——58Rowan UniversityGlassboro, New Jersey12—1 year out——59Gonzaga UniversitySpokane, Washington12—1 year out——60Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyTerre Haute, Indiana11—1 year out——61Cornell CollegeMount Vernon, Iowa11—1 year out——62University of Maryland Eastern ShorePrincess Anne, Maryland11$73,8391 year out—$18,166 63College of the OzarksPoint Lookout, Missouri11—1 year out——64Stony Brook UniversityStony Brook, New York11$55,4371 year out$95,741$20,000 65The University of Texas at El PasoEl Paso, Texas11—1 year out——66Santa Clara UniversitySanta Clara, California10—1 year out——67Northwest Nazarene UniversityNampa, Idaho10—1 year out——68Endicott CollegeBeverly, Massachusetts10—1 year out——69Azusa Pacific UniversityAzusa, California9—1 year out——70University of HartfordWest Hartford, Connecticut9$55,0761 year out$87,718$27,000 71Indiana State UniversityTerre Haute, Indiana9—1 year out——72Taylor UniversityUpland, Indiana9—1 year out——73Pennsylvania State University-Penn State BrandywineMedia, Pennsylvania9$68,3311 year out$79,695$27,000 74Washington and Lee UniversityLexington, Virginia9—1 year out——75University of Detroit MercyDetroit, Michigan8—1 year out——76Temple UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania8—1 year out——77The University of Tennessee-MartinMartin, Tennessee8$63,7461 year out$77,653$29,750 78Eastern Mennonite UniversityHarrisonburg, Virginia8—1 year out——79Grand Canyon UniversityPhoenix, Arizona7—1 year out——80Westmont CollegeSanta Barbara, California7—1 year out——81Florida International UniversityMiami, Florida7—1 year out——82Cornell UniversityIthaca, New York7—1 year out$115,100—83Pennsylvania State University-Penn State DuBoisDuBois, Pennsylvania7$68,3311 year out$79,695$27,000 84Bryan College-DaytonDayton, Tennessee7—1 year out——85Baylor UniversityWaco, Texas7—1 year out——86Bethel UniversityMishawaka, Indiana6—1 year out——87DePauw UniversityGreencastle, Indiana6—1 year out——88Central CollegePella, Iowa6—1 year out——89The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and ArtNew York, New York6—1 year out——90Baldwin Wallace UniversityBerea, Ohio6—1 year out——91Saint Francis UniversityLoretto, Pennsylvania6—1 year out——92Houston Christian UniversityHouston, Texas6—1 year out——93Randolph-Macon CollegeAshland, Virginia6—1 year out——94Henderson State UniversityArkadelphia, Arkansas5—1 year out——95Point Loma Nazarene UniversitySan Diego, California5—1 year out——96United States Air Force AcademyUSAF Academy, Colorado5—1 year out——97University of New HavenWest Haven, Connecticut5—1 year out——98Hanover CollegeHanover, Indiana5—1 year out——99Smith CollegeNorthampton, Massachusetts5$53,5711 year out$90,266$19,000 100University at BuffaloBuffalo, New York5—1 year out——

Associate programs — top 100 of 352 colleges by graduates

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Northern Virginia Community CollegeAnnandale, Virginia232$16,7901 year out$83,194$9,500 2Mississippi Gulf Coast Community CollegePerkinston, Mississippi111—1 year out$46,925$8,250 3Wake Technical Community CollegeRaleigh, North Carolina104—1 year out$75,552$11,182 4Montgomery CollegeRockville, Maryland100—1 year out$93,606—5Tulsa Community CollegeTulsa, Oklahoma73—1 year out$73,047$16,516 6Weber State UniversityOgden, Utah73—1 year out——7South Texas CollegeMcAllen, Texas58—1 year out$50,048—8UCNJ Union College of Union County New JerseyCranford, New Jersey56$27,8131 year out$64,157$8,508 9Tidewater Community CollegeNorfolk, Virginia51$68,5551 year out$79,752$12,250 10City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright CollegeChicago, Illinois49—1 year out——11Sinclair Community CollegeDayton, Ohio48—1 year out$70,063$9,192 12San Jacinto Community CollegePasadena, Texas45—1 year out——13William Rainey Harper CollegePalatine, Illinois44—1 year out——14CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community CollegeNew York, New York40$30,5181 year out$63,905—15Austin Community College DistrictAustin, Texas40$43,1831 year out$75,765$15,375 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

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

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 (—).