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

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

Associate programs — top 100 of 171 colleges by graduates

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Pittsburgh Institute of AeronauticsWest Mifflin, Pennsylvania117—1 year out——2Columbus State Community CollegeColumbus, Ohio41—1 year out——3ECPI UniversityVirginia Beach, Virginia39$64,0031 year out—$29,810 4Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Gurabo CampusGurabo, Puerto Rico37—1 year out$29,180$5,576 5Ivy Tech Community CollegeIndianapolis, Indiana35—1 year out$68,417—6Ferris State UniversityBig Rapids, Michigan33$56,8191 year out$79,895$18,500 7County College of MorrisRandolph, New Jersey33—1 year out——8CUNY New York City College of TechnologyBrooklyn, New York33—1 year out——9Cincinnati State Technical and Community CollegeCincinnati, Ohio32$45,8731 year out$72,185$15,017 10Brookdale Community CollegeLincroft, New Jersey30$35,8051 year out$48,249—11University of Akron Main CampusAkron, Ohio30$52,1771 year out$67,502$22,582 12Stark State CollegeNorth Canton, Ohio29$35,3621 year out$40,138—13University of Puerto Rico-AguadillaAguadilla, Puerto Rico26$15,5201 year out—$4,500 14Eastern Florida State CollegeMelbourne, Florida25—1 year out——15Seminole State College of FloridaSanford, Florida25$36,4531 year out——16Metropolitan Community College-Kansas CityKansas City, Missouri25—1 year out——17University of Puerto Rico-CarolinaCarolina, Puerto Rico24—1 year out$25,610—18Onondaga Community CollegeSyracuse, New York23—1 year out——19Springfield Technical Community CollegeSpringfield, Massachusetts21$54,7931 year out$63,069$7,395 20SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at CobleskillCobleskill, New York21—1 year out——21Instituto Tecnologico de Puerto Rico-Recinto de GuayamaGuayama, Puerto Rico21—1 year out——22Triton CollegeRiver Grove, Illinois20—1 year out——23Nunez Community CollegeChalmette, Louisiana20—1 year out——24Lawson State Community CollegeBirmingham, Alabama19—1 year out$53,700—25Erie Community CollegeBuffalo, New York19—1 year out——26Wake Technical Community CollegeRaleigh, North Carolina19—1 year out——27Owens Community CollegePerrysburg, Ohio19$61,0211 year out$72,739$12,000 28Western Technical CollegeEl Paso, Texas19—1 year out——29Broward CollegeFort Lauderdale, Florida18—1 year out——30Cuyahoga Community College DistrictCleveland, Ohio17—1 year out$66,859—31Sinclair Community CollegeDayton, Ohio17$48,3121 year out——32New England Institute of TechnologyEast Greenwich, Rhode Island16—1 year out——33Vermont State UniversityRandolph, Vermont16—1 year out$69,638—34Great Basin CollegeElko, Nevada15—1 year out——35Thaddeus Stevens College of TechnologyLancaster, Pennsylvania15—1 year out——36Florence-Darlington Technical CollegeFlorence, South Carolina15—1 year out——37Instituto Tecnologico de Puerto Rico-Recinto de ManatiManati, Puerto Rico15—1 year out——38NHTI-Concord's Community CollegeConcord, New Hampshire14—1 year out$81,472—39Camden County CollegeBlackwood, New Jersey14—1 year out——40CUNY Queensborough Community CollegeBayside, New York13—1 year out——41Farmingdale State CollegeFarmingdale, New York13—1 year out——42Northwest State Community CollegeArchbold, Ohio13—1 year out——43Hudson Valley Community CollegeTroy, New York12—1 year out$70,905—44Tidewater Community CollegeNorfolk, Virginia12—1 year out——45American Public University SystemCharles Town, West Virginia12—1 year out——46SUNY College of Technology at AlfredAlfred, New York11—1 year out——47Kent State University at TuscarawasNew Philadelphia, Ohio11—1 year out$78,845$15,387 48Brightpoint Community CollegeChester, Virginia11—1 year out——49Pasco-Hernando State CollegeNew Port Richey, Florida10—1 year out——50Mohawk Valley Community CollegeUtica, New York10—1 year out——51Oklahoma City Community CollegeOklahoma City, Oklahoma10—1 year out——52Florida State College at JacksonvilleJacksonville, Florida9—1 year out——53Mercer County Community CollegeWest Windsor, New Jersey9—1 year out——54Middlesex CollegeEdison, New Jersey9—1 year out——55Monroe Community CollegeRochester, New York9—1 year out——56North Central State CollegeMansfield, Ohio9—1 year out——57Harrisburg Area Community CollegeHarrisburg, Pennsylvania9—1 year out$55,922—58Virginia Peninsula Community CollegeHampton, Virginia9—1 year out——59SUNY Corning Community CollegeCorning, New York8—1 year out——60Guilford Technical Community CollegeJamestown, North Carolina8—1 year out——61Isothermal Community CollegeSpindale, North Carolina8—1 year out——62Lakeland Community CollegeKirtland, Ohio8—1 year out——63Miami University-HamiltonHamilton, Ohio8—1 year out——64Southeast Technical CollegeSioux Falls, South Dakota8—1 year out——65Bluefield State UniversityBluefield, West Virginia8—1 year out——66Augusta Technical CollegeAugusta, Georgia7—1 year out——67Purdue University Fort WayneFort Wayne, Indiana7—1 year out——68Raritan Valley Community CollegeBranchburg, New Jersey7—1 year out——69Jamestown Community CollegeJamestown, New York7—1 year out——70Central Carolina Community CollegeSanford, North Carolina7—1 year out——71Central Piedmont Community CollegeCharlotte, North Carolina7—1 year out——72Forsyth Technical Community CollegeWinston-Salem, North Carolina7—1 year out——73Wayne Community CollegeGoldsboro, North Carolina7—1 year out——74Chippewa Valley Technical CollegeEau Claire, Wisconsin7—1 year out——75H Councill Trenholm State Community CollegeMontgomery, Alabama6—1 year out——76Connecticut State Community CollegeNew Britain, Connecticut6—1 year out——77Santa Fe CollegeGainesville, Florida6—1 year out——78Massachusetts Bay Community CollegeWellesley Hills, Massachusetts6—1 year out——79Kalamazoo Valley Community CollegeKalamazoo, Michigan6—1 year out——80Nashua Community CollegeNashua, New Hampshire6—1 year out——81SUNY Broome Community CollegeBinghamton, New York6—1 year out——82Pitt Community CollegeWinterville, North Carolina6—1 year out——83James A. Rhodes State CollegeLima, Ohio6—1 year out——84Zane State CollegeZanesville, Ohio6—1 year out——85Lehigh Carbon Community CollegeSchnecksville, Pennsylvania6—1 year out——86Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend CollegeErie, Pennsylvania6$49,1721 year out$69,334$18,500 87Greenville Technical CollegeGreenville, South Carolina6—1 year out——88Piedmont Technical CollegeGreenwood, South Carolina6—1 year out——89Trident Technical CollegeCharleston, South Carolina6—1 year out——90Weber State UniversityOgden, Utah6—1 year out$78,476—91Purdue University-Main CampusWest Lafayette, Indiana6—1 year out——92Delaware Technical Community College-TerryDover, Delaware5—1 year out——93University of the District of ColumbiaWashington, District of Columbia5—1 year out——94Oakton CollegeDes Plaines, Illinois5—1 year out——95Henry Ford CollegeDearborn, Michigan5—1 year out——96Monroe County Community CollegeMonroe, Michigan5—1 year out——97SUNY MorrisvilleMorrisville, New York5—1 year out——98Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community CollegeAsheville, North Carolina5—1 year out——99Rowan-Cabarrus Community CollegeSalisbury, North Carolina5—1 year out——100Terra State Community CollegeFremont, Ohio5—1 year out——

Certificate programs — 86 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

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