Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians

5,613 students earn a mechanical engineering related technologies/technicians credential each year across 268 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: $62,605
Typical earnings, 5 years out: $80,883

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Bachelor's programs — 93 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Cal Poly Maritime AcademyVallejo, California17$98,6611 year out—$25,359 2Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-WorldwideDaytona Beach, Florida19$93,4331 year out——3Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona BeachDaytona Beach, Florida—$93,4331 year out——4Central Connecticut State UniversityNew Britain, Connecticut18$73,7881 year out$87,854$31,000 5Metropolitan State University of DenverDenver, Colorado37$72,3341 year out$89,786$32,000 6New England Institute of TechnologyEast Greenwich, Rhode Island16$70,9161 year out$78,809$31,000 7Western New England UniversitySpringfield, Massachusetts53$69,3261 year out—$27,000 8Rochester Institute of TechnologyRochester, New York92$69,2611 year out$89,798$29,000 9Purdue University-Main CampusWest Lafayette, Indiana265$67,0931 year out$81,374$20,500 10Indiana University-IndianapolisIndianapolis, Indiana44$66,8161 year out$79,190$25,319 11Ferris State UniversityBig Rapids, Michigan84$66,7471 year out$86,204$27,000 12Indiana State UniversityTerre Haute, Indiana77$66,4791 year out$80,156$26,990 13University of DaytonDayton, Ohio39$66,0551 year out$85,129$27,000 14University of ToledoToledo, Ohio66$66,0341 year out$82,792$26,875 15Central Washington UniversityEllensburg, Washington28$65,8711 year out$83,351$22,380 16Virginia State UniversityPetersburg, Virginia20$65,4721 year out$78,831$27,500 17Purdue University Fort WayneFort Wayne, Indiana30$65,3851 year out$83,383$27,000 18University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh CampusPittsburgh, Pennsylvania—$65,3411 year out$74,800—19Purdue University NorthwestHammond, Indiana23$65,0591 year out$71,650$25,000 20Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend CollegeErie, Pennsylvania20$64,8741 year out$79,352$27,334 21Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania—$64,8741 year out$79,352$27,334 22Weber State UniversityOgden, Utah34$64,8281 year out$84,885$18,280 23University of New Hampshire at ManchesterManchester, New Hampshire11$64,8261 year out——24University of New Hampshire-Main CampusDurham, New Hampshire—$64,8261 year out——25Kennesaw State UniversityKennesaw, Georgia49$64,3391 year out$81,882$25,500 26Central Michigan UniversityMount Pleasant, Michigan14$64,2841 year out$90,234$30,000 27California State Polytechnic University-PomonaPomona, California53$64,2431 year out—$24,354 28Minnesota State University-MankatoMankato, Minnesota20$64,0051 year out$69,612$27,000 29SUNY Polytechnic InstituteUtica, New York38$62,6811 year out$76,876$22,108 30Montana State UniversityBozeman, Montana39$62,6051 year out$81,914$27,500 31Southern Illinois University-CarbondaleCarbondale, Illinois89$62,5031 year out$74,324$19,187 32Brigham Young University-IdahoRexburg, Idaho62$62,4401 year out—$16,214 33Farmingdale State CollegeFarmingdale, New York47$62,2231 year out$85,932$17,409 34University of MaineOrono, Maine28$61,9911 year out$76,868$27,000 35University of Akron Main CampusAkron, Ohio48$61,8351 year out$71,388$24,749 36Michigan Technological UniversityHoughton, Michigan23$61,4431 year out$84,118$29,875 37University of HoustonHouston, Texas65$61,1631 year out$83,231$27,000 38Oklahoma State University-Main CampusStillwater, Oklahoma37$61,1411 year out$79,636$23,302 39SUNY College of Technology at AlfredAlfred, New York32$60,9681 year out$71,639$27,000 40University of North Carolina at CharlotteCharlotte, North Carolina58$60,0481 year out$77,696$27,000 41University of North TexasDenton, Texas73$59,9411 year out$71,106$24,240 42Art Center College of DesignPasadena, California50$59,3841 year out—$54,124 43SUNY College of Technology at CantonCanton, New York15$58,2271 year out—$24,377 44SUNY Buffalo State UniversityBuffalo, New York33$57,4311 year out$86,786$24,436 45Pittsburg State UniversityPittsburg, Kansas43$57,2341 year out$78,159$25,000 46Youngstown State UniversityYoungstown, Ohio12$56,6561 year out$86,167$35,947 47Cleveland State UniversityCleveland, Ohio20$56,3321 year out——48Northern Michigan UniversityMarquette, Michigan18$54,8151 year out$77,061—49Fairmont State UniversityFairmont, West Virginia22$54,4101 year out$81,681$25,000 50Pennsylvania College of TechnologyWilliamsport, Pennsylvania23$53,2341 year out$63,067$27,000 51LeTourneau UniversityLongview, Texas26$52,6251 year out——52Tarleton State UniversityStephenville, Texas17$51,9171 year out—$21,000 53Vaughn College of Aeronautics and TechnologyFlushing, New York23$51,5671 year out$80,883$27,250 54Colorado Mesa UniversityGrand Junction, Colorado13$49,8271 year out——55Eastern Michigan UniversityYpsilanti, Michigan9$49,7991 year out$92,393$28,909 56CUNY New York City College of TechnologyBrooklyn, New York96$48,3721 year out$78,275$11,652 57American Public University SystemCharles Town, West Virginia104$48,0941 year out—$30,810 58Colorado State University PuebloPueblo, Colorado4$42,7071 year out——59McPherson CollegeMcPherson, Kansas32$42,2781 year out—$27,000 60Texas A & M University-Corpus ChristiCorpus Christi, Texas4$41,3171 year out—$28,406 61ECPI UniversityVirginia Beach, Virginia67—1 year out——62Texas A&M University-College StationCollege Station, Texas35—1 year out——63North Central State CollegeMansfield, Ohio19—1 year out——64Kent State University at KentKent, Ohio18—1 year out——65Wayne State UniversityDetroit, Michigan17—1 year out——66Utah State UniversityLogan, Utah12—1 year out——67Grand Canyon UniversityPhoenix, Arizona11—1 year out——68University of Arkansas at Little RockLittle Rock, Arkansas11—1 year out——69University of Wisconsin-OshkoshOshkosh, Wisconsin11—1 year out——70University of Central MissouriWarrensburg, Missouri9—1 year out$66,864—71Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan CampusTeaneck, New Jersey8—1 year out——72Oregon Institute of TechnologyKlamath Falls, Oregon8—1 year out——73Tennessee State UniversityNashville, Tennessee6—1 year out——74Bluefield State UniversityBluefield, West Virginia6—1 year out——75University of Wisconsin-Green BayGreen Bay, Wisconsin6—1 year out——76University of Massachusetts-LowellLowell, Massachusetts4—1 year out——77South Carolina State UniversityOrangeburg, South Carolina4—1 year out——78Eastern Washington UniversityCheney, Washington4—1 year out$80,278—79Wenatchee Valley CollegeWenatchee, Washington4—1 year out——80Missouri State University-SpringfieldSpringfield, Missouri3—1 year out——81Utah Valley UniversityOrem, Utah3—1 year out——82Texas A&M University-Central TexasKilleen, Texas3—1 year out——83Savannah State UniversitySavannah, Georgia2—1 year out——84Indiana Institute of TechnologyFort Wayne, Indiana2—1 year out——85Southeast Missouri State UniversityCape Girardeau, Missouri2—1 year out——86Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of TechnologyBoston, Massachusetts1—1 year out——87United States Military AcademyWest Point, New York1—1 year out——88Point Park UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania1—1 year out——89Northeastern University Professional ProgramsBoston, Massachusetts1—1 year out——90Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempe, Arizona——1 year out$91,551—91Wentworth Institute of TechnologyBoston, Massachusetts——1 year out$92,567—92Spartan College of Aeronautics and TechnologyTulsa, Oklahoma——1 year out$62,034—93Milwaukee School of EngineeringMilwaukee, Wisconsin——1 year out$97,637—

Associate programs — top 100 of 171 colleges by graduate earnings

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1ECPI UniversityVirginia Beach, Virginia39$64,0031 year out—$29,810 2Owens Community CollegePerrysburg, Ohio19$61,0211 year out$72,739$12,000 3Ferris State UniversityBig Rapids, Michigan33$56,8191 year out$79,895$18,500 4Springfield Technical Community CollegeSpringfield, Massachusetts21$54,7931 year out$63,069$7,395 5University of Akron Main CampusAkron, Ohio30$52,1771 year out$67,502$22,582 6Oklahoma State University Institute of TechnologyOkmulgee, Oklahoma—$49,6741 year out$55,076$12,000 7Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend CollegeErie, Pennsylvania6$49,1721 year out$69,334$18,500 8Pennsylvania State University-Penn State DuBoisDuBois, Pennsylvania5$49,1721 year out$69,334$18,500 9Pennsylvania State University-Penn State YorkYork, Pennsylvania1$49,1721 year out$69,334$18,500 10Pennsylvania State University-Penn State AltoonaAltoona, Pennsylvania0$49,1721 year out$69,334$18,500 11Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania—$49,1721 year out$69,334$18,500 12Sinclair Community CollegeDayton, Ohio17$48,3121 year out——13Cincinnati State Technical and Community CollegeCincinnati, Ohio32$45,8731 year out$72,185$15,017 14Spartan College of Aeronautics and TechnologyTulsa, Oklahoma—$41,3701 year out$45,655$22,260 15Seminole State College of FloridaSanford, Florida25$36,4531 year out——16Brookdale Community CollegeLincroft, New Jersey30$35,8051 year out$48,249—17Stark State CollegeNorth Canton, Ohio29$35,3621 year out$40,138—18University of Puerto Rico-AguadillaAguadilla, Puerto Rico26$15,5201 year out—$4,500 19Pittsburgh Institute of AeronauticsWest Mifflin, Pennsylvania117—1 year out——20Columbus State Community CollegeColumbus, Ohio41—1 year out——21Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Gurabo CampusGurabo, Puerto Rico37—1 year out$29,180$5,576 22Ivy Tech Community CollegeIndianapolis, Indiana35—1 year out$68,417—23County College of MorrisRandolph, New Jersey33—1 year out——24CUNY New York City College of TechnologyBrooklyn, New York33—1 year out——25Eastern Florida State CollegeMelbourne, Florida25—1 year out——26Metropolitan Community College-Kansas CityKansas City, Missouri25—1 year out——27University of Puerto Rico-CarolinaCarolina, Puerto Rico24—1 year out$25,610—28Onondaga Community CollegeSyracuse, New York23—1 year out——29SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at CobleskillCobleskill, New York21—1 year out——30Instituto Tecnologico de Puerto Rico-Recinto de GuayamaGuayama, Puerto Rico21—1 year out——31Triton CollegeRiver Grove, Illinois20—1 year out——32Nunez Community CollegeChalmette, Louisiana20—1 year out——33Lawson State Community CollegeBirmingham, Alabama19—1 year out$53,700—34Erie Community CollegeBuffalo, New York19—1 year out——35Wake Technical Community CollegeRaleigh, North Carolina19—1 year out——36Western Technical CollegeEl Paso, Texas19—1 year out——37Broward CollegeFort Lauderdale, Florida18—1 year out——38Cuyahoga Community College DistrictCleveland, Ohio17—1 year out$66,859—39New England Institute of TechnologyEast Greenwich, Rhode Island16—1 year out——40Vermont State UniversityRandolph, Vermont16—1 year out$69,638—41Great Basin CollegeElko, Nevada15—1 year out——42Thaddeus Stevens College of TechnologyLancaster, Pennsylvania15—1 year out——43Florence-Darlington Technical CollegeFlorence, South Carolina15—1 year out——44Instituto Tecnologico de Puerto Rico-Recinto de ManatiManati, Puerto Rico15—1 year out——45NHTI-Concord's Community CollegeConcord, New Hampshire14—1 year out$81,472—46Camden County CollegeBlackwood, New Jersey14—1 year out——47CUNY Queensborough Community CollegeBayside, New York13—1 year out——48Farmingdale State CollegeFarmingdale, New York13—1 year out——49Northwest State Community CollegeArchbold, Ohio13—1 year out——50Hudson Valley Community CollegeTroy, New York12—1 year out$70,905—51Tidewater Community CollegeNorfolk, Virginia12—1 year out——52American Public University SystemCharles Town, West Virginia12—1 year out——53SUNY College of Technology at AlfredAlfred, New York11—1 year out——54Kent State University at TuscarawasNew Philadelphia, Ohio11—1 year out$78,845$15,387 55Brightpoint Community CollegeChester, Virginia11—1 year out——56Pasco-Hernando State CollegeNew Port Richey, Florida10—1 year out——57Mohawk Valley Community CollegeUtica, New York10—1 year out——58Oklahoma City Community CollegeOklahoma City, Oklahoma10—1 year out——59Florida State College at JacksonvilleJacksonville, Florida9—1 year out——60Mercer County Community CollegeWest Windsor, New Jersey9—1 year out——61Middlesex CollegeEdison, New Jersey9—1 year out——62Monroe Community CollegeRochester, New York9—1 year out——63North Central State CollegeMansfield, Ohio9—1 year out——64Harrisburg Area Community CollegeHarrisburg, Pennsylvania9—1 year out$55,922—65Virginia Peninsula Community CollegeHampton, Virginia9—1 year out——66SUNY Corning Community CollegeCorning, New York8—1 year out——67Guilford Technical Community CollegeJamestown, North Carolina8—1 year out——68Isothermal Community CollegeSpindale, North Carolina8—1 year out——69Lakeland Community CollegeKirtland, Ohio8—1 year out——70Miami University-HamiltonHamilton, Ohio8—1 year out——71Southeast Technical CollegeSioux Falls, South Dakota8—1 year out——72Bluefield State UniversityBluefield, West Virginia8—1 year out——73Augusta Technical CollegeAugusta, Georgia7—1 year out——74Purdue University Fort WayneFort Wayne, Indiana7—1 year out——75Raritan Valley Community CollegeBranchburg, New Jersey7—1 year out——76Jamestown Community CollegeJamestown, New York7—1 year out——77Central Carolina Community CollegeSanford, North Carolina7—1 year out——78Central Piedmont Community CollegeCharlotte, North Carolina7—1 year out——79Forsyth Technical Community CollegeWinston-Salem, North Carolina7—1 year out——80Wayne Community CollegeGoldsboro, North Carolina7—1 year out——81Chippewa Valley Technical CollegeEau Claire, Wisconsin7—1 year out——82H Councill Trenholm State Community CollegeMontgomery, Alabama6—1 year out——83Connecticut State Community CollegeNew Britain, Connecticut6—1 year out——84Santa Fe CollegeGainesville, Florida6—1 year out——85Massachusetts Bay Community CollegeWellesley Hills, Massachusetts6—1 year out——86Kalamazoo Valley Community CollegeKalamazoo, Michigan6—1 year out——87Nashua Community CollegeNashua, New Hampshire6—1 year out——88SUNY Broome Community CollegeBinghamton, New York6—1 year out——89Pitt Community CollegeWinterville, North Carolina6—1 year out——90James A. Rhodes State CollegeLima, Ohio6—1 year out——91Zane State CollegeZanesville, Ohio6—1 year out——92Lehigh Carbon Community CollegeSchnecksville, Pennsylvania6—1 year out——93Greenville Technical CollegeGreenville, South Carolina6—1 year out——94Piedmont Technical CollegeGreenwood, South Carolina6—1 year out——95Trident Technical CollegeCharleston, South Carolina6—1 year out——96Weber State UniversityOgden, Utah6—1 year out$78,476—97Purdue University-Main CampusWest Lafayette, Indiana6—1 year out——98Delaware Technical Community College-TerryDover, Delaware5—1 year out——99University of the District of ColumbiaWashington, District of Columbia5—1 year out——100Oakton CollegeDes Plaines, Illinois5—1 year out——

Certificate programs — 86 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Los Angeles Trade Technical CollegeLos Angeles, California—$66,5741 year out——2Ferris State UniversityBig Rapids, Michigan5$62,2821 year out—$25,000 3Tidewater Community CollegeNorfolk, Virginia120$54,4611 year out$60,555$11,250 4Spartan College of Aeronautics and TechnologyTulsa, Oklahoma—$42,3861 year out$52,446$18,500 5Crowder CollegeNeosho, Missouri31$33,8161 year out——6Middle Georgia State UniversityMacon, Georgia14$25,5311 year out——7Wichita State University-Campus of Applied Sciences and TechnologyWichita, Kansas33$21,4271 year out$42,373$7,503 8New Community Career & Technical InstituteNewark, New Jersey—$15,0851 year out——9Pittsburgh Institute of AeronauticsWest Mifflin, Pennsylvania144—1 year out——10Bishop State Community CollegeMobile, Alabama91—1 year out——11Tulsa Technology CenterTulsa, Oklahoma75—1 year out——12Seminole State College of FloridaSanford, Florida58—1 year out——13Columbus State Community CollegeColumbus, Ohio56—1 year out——14Eastern Florida State CollegeMelbourne, Florida51—1 year out——15Cincinnati State Technical and Community CollegeCincinnati, Ohio45—1 year out——16Nunez Community CollegeChalmette, Louisiana42—1 year out——17Stark State CollegeNorth Canton, Ohio31—1 year out——18Broward CollegeFort Lauderdale, Florida30—1 year out——19Metropolitan Community College-Kansas CityKansas City, Missouri29—1 year out——20Terra State Community CollegeFremont, Ohio27—1 year out——21Wake Technical Community CollegeRaleigh, North Carolina24—1 year out——22Weber State UniversityOgden, Utah22—1 year out——23Lawson State Community CollegeBirmingham, Alabama21—1 year out——24Guilford Technical Community CollegeJamestown, North Carolina21—1 year out——25Edison State Community CollegePiqua, Ohio19—1 year out——26James A. Rhodes State CollegeLima, Ohio19—1 year out——27Wayne Community CollegeGoldsboro, North Carolina18—1 year out——28North Central State CollegeMansfield, Ohio18—1 year out——29Florida State College at JacksonvilleJacksonville, Florida17—1 year out——30Caldwell Community College and Technical InstituteHudson, North Carolina16—1 year out——31Pitt Community CollegeWinterville, North Carolina16—1 year out——32Indian River State CollegeFort Pierce, Florida15—1 year out——33Northwest School of Wooden Boat BuildingPort Hadlock, Washington14—1 year out——34Catawba Valley Community CollegeHickory, North Carolina11—1 year out——35Macomb Community CollegeWarren, Michigan9—1 year out——36County College of MorrisRandolph, New Jersey9—1 year out——37Cape Fear Community CollegeWilmington, North Carolina9—1 year out——38Central Piedmont Community CollegeCharlotte, North Carolina9—1 year out——39Hacienda La Puente Adult EducationLa Puente, California9—1 year out——40Idaho State UniversityPocatello, Idaho8—1 year out——41Western Iowa Tech Community CollegeSioux City, Iowa8—1 year out——42Beaufort County Community CollegeWashington, North Carolina8—1 year out——43Lakeland Community CollegeKirtland, Ohio8—1 year out——44University of Central MissouriWarrensburg, Missouri7—1 year out——45Clovis Community CollegeClovis, New Mexico7—1 year out——46Vaughn College of Aeronautics and TechnologyFlushing, New York7—1 year out——47Mitchell Community CollegeStatesville, North Carolina7—1 year out——48Union County Vocational Technical SchoolScotch Plains, New Jersey7—1 year out——49Coastal Alabama Community CollegeBay Minette, Alabama6—1 year out——50Florida Gateway CollegeLake City, Florida6—1 year out——51College of Lake CountyGrayslake, Illinois6—1 year out——52Cleveland State Community CollegeCleveland, Tennessee6—1 year out——53George C Wallace Community College-DothanDothan, Alabama5—1 year out——54Oakton CollegeDes Plaines, Illinois5—1 year out——55Isothermal Community CollegeSpindale, North Carolina5—1 year out——56Dyersburg State Community CollegeDyersburg, Tennessee5—1 year out——57Pensacola State CollegePensacola, Florida4—1 year out——58McHenry County CollegeCrystal Lake, Illinois4—1 year out——59Moraine Valley Community CollegePalos Hills, Illinois4—1 year out——60Triton CollegeRiver Grove, Illinois4—1 year out——61Lenoir Community CollegeKinston, North Carolina4—1 year out——62Western Piedmont Community CollegeMorganton, North Carolina4—1 year out——63Owens Community CollegePerrysburg, Ohio4—1 year out——64Professional Technical InstitutionBayamon, Puerto Rico4—1 year out——65Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community CollegeAsheville, North Carolina3—1 year out——66Central Carolina Community CollegeSanford, North Carolina3—1 year out——67Gaston CollegeDallas, North Carolina3—1 year out——68Rowan-Cabarrus Community CollegeSalisbury, North Carolina3—1 year out——69Alamance Community CollegeGraham, North Carolina3—1 year out——70Sussex County Community CollegeNewton, New Jersey3—1 year out——71American Public University SystemCharles Town, West Virginia3—1 year out——72Springfield Technical Community CollegeSpringfield, Massachusetts2—1 year out——73Navajo Technical UniversityCrownpoint, New Mexico2—1 year out——74South Piedmont Community CollegePolkton, North Carolina2—1 year out——75Blue Ridge Community CollegeFlat Rock, North Carolina2—1 year out——76Santiago Canyon CollegeOrange, California2—1 year out——77J. F. Drake State Community and Technical CollegeHuntsville, Alabama1—1 year out——78H Councill Trenholm State Community CollegeMontgomery, Alabama1—1 year out——79Bristol Community CollegeFall River, Massachusetts1—1 year out——80Middlesex CollegeEdison, New Jersey1—1 year out——81Richmond Community CollegeHamlet, North Carolina1—1 year out——82Lorain County Community CollegeElyria, Ohio1—1 year out——83Harrisburg Area Community CollegeHarrisburg, Pennsylvania1—1 year out——84New England Institute of TechnologyEast Greenwich, Rhode Island1—1 year out——85Lee CollegeBaytown, Texas1—1 year out——86Wharton County Junior CollegeWharton, Texas1—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 (—).