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

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