Engineering-Related Fields

1,822 students earn a engineering-related fields credential each year across 80 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: $68,919
Typical earnings, 5 years out: $90,243

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Bachelor's programs — 72 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Stanford UniversityStanford, California52$100,7881 year out$168,931—2Stevens Institute of TechnologyHoboken, New Jersey26$79,7551 year out$103,480$26,975 3Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, Michigan160$76,5631 year out$96,014$23,756 4Arizona State University Digital ImmersionScottsdale, Arizona38$76,1491 year out$107,203$31,000 5Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempe, Arizona29$76,1491 year out$107,203$31,000 6University of ArizonaTucson, Arizona21$75,1091 year out—$24,777 7Rochester Institute of TechnologyRochester, New York34$74,9231 year out$92,817$27,750 8Miami University-OxfordOxford, Ohio21$74,6241 year out—$27,000 9Clarkson UniversityPotsdam, New York44$74,4071 year out$89,444$27,000 10University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, California29$73,2341 year out—$19,250 11Missouri University of Science and TechnologyRolla, Missouri60$72,7081 year out$90,103$28,000 12Purdue University-Main CampusWest Lafayette, Indiana61$72,2521 year out—$16,625 13Illinois Institute of TechnologyChicago, Illinois18$72,1641 year out——14University of Wisconsin-StoutMenomonie, Wisconsin38$71,1171 year out$83,060$27,000 15California State University-ChicoChico, California15$69,0421 year out$92,561$16,601 16Michigan Technological UniversityHoughton, Michigan10$68,9191 year out—$27,875 17Clemson UniversityClemson, South Carolina51$68,9041 year out$90,243$25,000 18Western Michigan UniversityKalamazoo, Michigan10$67,9921 year out$87,289$27,000 19Middle Tennessee State UniversityMurfreesboro, Tennessee28$67,4311 year out$79,773$19,576 20Art Center College of DesignPasadena, California51$66,8601 year out—$37,250 21Purdue University NorthwestHammond, Indiana2$66,7981 year out——22Bowling Green State University-Main CampusBowling Green, Ohio67$65,9961 year out—$26,404 23Utah Valley UniversityOrem, Utah36$63,7801 year out—$13,850 24University of Cincinnati-Main CampusCincinnati, Ohio25$62,4581 year out——25Iowa State UniversityAmes, Iowa84$62,4161 year out$77,775$25,236 26Morehead State UniversityMorehead, Kentucky2$62,3301 year out$56,225$22,580 27New York UniversityNew York, New York70$61,2401 year out$96,956$20,500 28The University of Tennessee-ChattanoogaChattanooga, Tennessee62$60,2841 year out$65,588$25,500 29Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityBlacksburg, Virginia17$56,5131 year out$98,448$23,750 30Utah State UniversityLogan, Utah86$54,0591 year out—$13,988 31Eastern Michigan UniversityYpsilanti, Michigan25$53,3701 year out$62,437$31,122 32Excelsior UniversityAlbany, New York101—1 year out——33University of Louisiana at LafayetteLafayette, Louisiana60—1 year out——34United States Military AcademyWest Point, New York49—1 year out——35East Carolina UniversityGreenville, North Carolina24—1 year out——36Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Gurabo CampusGurabo, Puerto Rico24—1 year out$67,754$22,999 37Worcester Polytechnic InstituteWorcester, Massachusetts22—1 year out——38University of Arkansas GranthamLIttle Rock, Arkansas18—1 year out——39Pittsburg State UniversityPittsburg, Kansas17—1 year out——40New York Institute of TechnologyOld Westbury, New York15—1 year out——41University of the PacificStockton, California12—1 year out$108,953—42South Dakota State UniversityBrookings, South Dakota12—1 year out——43Eastern Kentucky UniversityRichmond, Kentucky11—1 year out——44University of Illinois ChicagoChicago, Illinois10—1 year out——45Washington University in St LouisSt. Louis, Missouri9—1 year out——46San Jose State UniversitySan Jose, California8—1 year out——47Mercer UniversityMacon, Georgia8—1 year out——48Valparaiso UniversityValparaiso, Indiana8—1 year out——49Bemidji State UniversityBemidji, Minnesota7—1 year out——50University of South Carolina-UpstateSpartanburg, South Carolina7—1 year out$85,996—51University of Management and TechnologyArlington, Virginia7—1 year out——52Indiana State UniversityTerre Haute, Indiana6—1 year out——53West Virginia University at ParkersburgParkersburg, West Virginia6—1 year out——54California State University-NorthridgeNorthridge, California5—1 year out——55Fitchburg State UniversityFitchburg, Massachusetts5—1 year out——56Christian Brothers UniversityMemphis, Tennessee5—1 year out——57Bluefield State UniversityBluefield, West Virginia5—1 year out——58University of New HavenWest Haven, Connecticut4—1 year out——59University of Southern IndianaEvansville, Indiana4—1 year out——60New Mexico Institute of Mining and TechnologySocorro, New Mexico4—1 year out——61St. Mary's UniversitySan Antonio, Texas4—1 year out——62Kennesaw State UniversityKennesaw, Georgia4—1 year out——63Southeast Missouri State UniversityCape Girardeau, Missouri3—1 year out——64SUNY College of Technology at CantonCanton, New York3—1 year out——65Clark State CollegeSpringfield, Ohio3—1 year out——66Arkansas State UniversityJonesboro, Arkansas2—1 year out——67William Penn UniversityOskaloosa, Iowa2—1 year out——68Washburn UniversityTopeka, Kansas2—1 year out——69University of ScrantonScranton, Pennsylvania2—1 year out——70University of Northwestern-St PaulSaint Paul, Minnesota1—1 year out——71Millersville University of PennsylvaniaMillersville, Pennsylvania1—1 year out——72University of the Incarnate WordSan Antonio, Texas1—1 year out——

Associate programs — 5 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Lakeshore Technical CollegeCleveland, Wisconsin9—1 year out——2Athens Technical CollegeAthens, Georgia7—1 year out——3University of Arkansas GranthamLIttle Rock, Arkansas5—1 year out——4Milwaukee Area Technical CollegeMilwaukee, Wisconsin3—1 year out——5Northwest State Community CollegeArchbold, Ohio2—1 year out——

Certificate programs — 4 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Indiana University-IndianapolisIndianapolis, Indiana15$68,5511 year out—$17,625 2Georgia State UniversityAtlanta, Georgia3—1 year out——3Grand Valley State UniversityAllendale, Michigan3—1 year out——4Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania2—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 (—).