Systems Engineering
816 students earn a systems engineering credential each year across 29 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
- $79,942
- Typical earnings, 5 years out
- $103,877
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Bachelor's programs — 27 colleges
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
1University of Virginia-Main CampusCharlottesville, Virginia69$91,1781 year out$131,258$19,5002University of FloridaGainesville, Florida124$85,6981 year out$108,020$19,2503George Mason UniversityFairfax, Virginia15$84,9421 year out$120,847$21,0004Washington University in St LouisSt. Louis, Missouri21$83,8741 year out—$20,5005University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, Illinois83$81,7851 year out—$17,8006Massachusetts Maritime AcademyBuzzards Bay, Massachusetts—$79,9421 year out—$27,0007University of ArizonaTucson, Arizona44$76,6601 year out$103,877$18,2508University of North Carolina at CharlotteCharlotte, North Carolina28$68,0341 year out$89,128$26,0009Otterbein UniversityWesterville, Ohio11$63,2431 year out—$27,00010Kennesaw State UniversityKennesaw, Georgia51$62,0151 year out—$31,00011Texas A & M International UniversityLaredo, Texas35$49,7551 year out—$10,24312United States Air Force AcademyUSAF Academy, Colorado66—1 year out——13University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania36—1 year out——14United States Military AcademyWest Point, New York35—1 year out——15United States Merchant Marine AcademyKings Point, New York30—1 year out——16George Washington UniversityWashington, District of Columbia24—1 year out——17Stevens Institute of TechnologyHoboken, New Jersey9—1 year out——18Maine Maritime AcademyCastine, Maine7—1 year out$90,393—19DePaul UniversityChicago, Illinois3—1 year out——20Southeast Missouri State UniversityCape Girardeau, Missouri3—1 year out——21Case Western Reserve UniversityCleveland, Ohio3—1 year out——22University of Colorado Colorado SpringsColorado Springs, Colorado2—1 year out——23Metropolitan State University of DenverDenver, Colorado2—1 year out——24Weber State UniversityOgden, Utah2—1 year out——25Morehead State UniversityMorehead, Kentucky1—1 year out——26Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, Maryland1—1 year out——27University of Arkansas at Little RockLittle Rock, Arkansas0—1 year out$76,118—
Certificate programs — 4 colleges
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 (—).




























