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Bachelor's · Engineering

Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Bachelor's): earnings by school

278 schools report graduate earnings for this major.

Median across schools, 1 year out
$81,706
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Median across schools, 4 years out
$98,666
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical debt
$21,333
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort

Across 258 schools reporting 4-year earnings, the middle half of programs pay graduates between $94,673 and $104,596. The school matters less than you might think for this major.

Schools, highest earnings first

School1 year4 yearsDebt
Carnegie Mellon University PA$150,074$250,168$19,500
University of California-Berkeley CA$154,713$200,543$13,548
Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA$150,863$161,118$15,000
Cornell University NY$110,607$147,241$12,750
The University of Texas at Austin TX$111,942$146,003$18,118
Columbia University in the City of New York NY—$143,332—
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art NY—$139,068—
Rice University TX$103,698$136,656—
University of Southern California CA$98,335$131,532—
University of California-Los Angeles CA$89,318$126,209$14,580
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo CA$95,254$125,240$20,315
University of California-Santa Cruz CA$84,803$118,290$20,999
University of California-San Diego CA$88,098$118,150$15,648
Northeastern University MA$96,270$118,150$21,000
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology NM$73,192$117,813—
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor MI$90,582$117,610$17,500
Villanova University PA$90,336$117,229$26,835
University of California-Santa Barbara CA$87,938$117,215$12,436
University of Washington-Seattle Campus WA$84,874$116,010$13,070
University of Washington-Bothell Campus WA$84,874$116,010$13,070
University of Washington-Tacoma Campus WA$84,874$116,010$13,070
Prairie View A & M University TX$83,133$115,939$28,900
University of Colorado Colorado Springs CO$77,615$113,627$21,500
University of Notre Dame IN$89,587$112,828$15,000
Sonoma State University CA$80,515$112,757—
San Francisco State University CA$85,968$112,454$19,178
Stevens Institute of Technology NJ$81,093$112,047$23,250
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL$89,876$111,783$19,500
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus GA—$111,655$20,000
Seattle University WA—$111,410—
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus CO$86,022$110,754$24,750
University of San Diego CA—$110,314$25,250
Kettering University MI$80,123$109,977$24,000
Worcester Polytechnic Institute MA$93,884$109,386$27,000
Lehigh University PA—$108,503$22,625
Rutgers University-New Brunswick NJ$85,595$108,296$19,500
California State University-Fresno CA$79,135$108,038—
University of Maryland-College Park MD$87,710$107,834$21,500
SUNY Maritime College NY$83,941$107,749$15,651
University of Florida FL$87,391$107,543$15,124
Virginia Commonwealth University VA$83,487$107,487$22,000
University of Houston TX$93,456$107,399$20,250
New York University NY$87,331$107,348$17,125
Western Washington University WA—$107,131—
Texas Tech University TX$88,082$107,110$22,500
University of California-Irvine CA$82,997$106,871$12,526
Marquette University WI$78,724$106,686—
San Diego State University CA$81,083$106,416$12,600
University of North Dakota ND$81,770$106,162$26,000
Gonzaga University WA$93,253$106,155—
University of Rhode Island RI$82,958$106,153$18,500
Mississippi State University MS$81,976$106,039$22,500
Colorado School of Mines CO$85,923$106,012$20,500
University of Portland OR$77,489$105,859—
University of Arizona AZ$83,081$105,839$19,787
University of Michigan-Dearborn MI$82,193$105,446$17,750
Purdue University-Main Campus IN$87,713$105,396$23,250
Oregon State University OR$85,263$105,359$24,000
Oregon State University-Cascades Campus OR$85,263$105,359$24,000
University of Rochester NY$92,216$105,183$19,000
University of Missouri-Columbia MO$84,884$105,034$14,892
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University VA$82,059$104,839$21,892
Arizona State University Campus Immersion AZ$87,608$104,757$25,000
Arizona State University Digital Immersion AZ$87,608$104,757$25,000
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute NY$84,742$104,596$21,094
The University of Texas at Dallas TX$84,786$104,448$19,500
Washington State University WA$83,445$104,354$15,022
Rowan University NJ$81,457$104,215$19,500
University of New Hampshire-Main Campus NH$79,616$104,067—
California State University-Northridge CA$80,093$104,065$12,500
California State Polytechnic University-Pomona CA$84,142$103,924$14,253
Texas A&M University-College Station TX$85,669$103,789$19,333
California State University-Sacramento CA$82,508$103,512$16,902
York College of Pennsylvania PA—$103,354—
California State University-Long Beach CA$79,391$103,075$17,225
George Mason University VA$88,706$103,074$20,851
Lamar University TX$80,227$103,037$18,600
South Dakota State University SD$75,212$103,018—
Drexel University PA$84,372$102,978$29,000
University of California-Riverside CA$83,137$102,630$22,500
University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown PA$81,295$102,572$26,169
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus PA$81,295$102,572$26,169
University of South Florida FL$79,180$102,275$17,414
North Carolina State University at Raleigh NC$82,769$102,178$20,250
Portland State University OR$84,652$101,905$19,250
Oregon Institute of Technology OR$78,343$101,534—
University of Massachusetts-Amherst MA$85,737$101,091$24,741
University of Massachusetts-Lowell MA$81,683$101,054$24,016
University of Nebraska-Lincoln NE$80,860$100,972$12,500
Wayne State University MI$87,651$100,944$20,613
University of Massachusetts-Boston MA$83,683$100,902$23,525
Manhattan University NY$76,876$100,884$26,978
University of Nevada-Las Vegas NV$75,579$100,765$28,250
National University CA$91,106$100,721—
Boise State University ID$85,801$100,680$21,229
University of Colorado Boulder CO$81,616$100,631$21,500
University of Maine ME—$100,593$27,000
Michigan State University MI$83,604$100,481$20,489
Grand Valley State University MI$89,028$100,456$22,250
Bradley University IL$82,356$100,391—
University of Alabama in Huntsville AL$83,947$100,296$24,368
University of South Alabama AL$77,436$100,166$21,624
Baylor University TX$89,829$100,110—
University of South Carolina-Columbia SC$82,466$100,042$18,000
The University of Texas at Arlington TX$82,340$99,993$20,337
Oakland University MI$87,148$99,967$24,687
Michigan Technological University MI$82,223$99,848$25,000
Auburn University AL$81,969$99,799$21,000
Brigham Young University UT$79,539$99,774—
Iowa State University IA$81,522$99,705$22,429
Case Western Reserve University OH$79,271$99,557$20,000
West Virginia University Institute of Technology WV$77,047$99,542$23,249
West Virginia University WV$77,047$99,542$23,249
Louisiana Tech University LA$83,128$99,526$23,708
New York Institute of Technology NY$74,962$99,480$25,796
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott AZ$83,609$99,450$22,500
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach FL$83,609$99,450$22,500
University of Central Florida FL$80,412$99,442$14,905
LeTourneau University TX—$99,403—
Ohio State University-Main Campus OH$83,961$99,400$17,470
Binghamton University NY$79,879$99,397$24,375
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville IL$82,461$99,325$24,704
Colorado State University-Fort Collins CO$86,283$99,172$23,880
Boston University MA$78,163$98,953$19,500
The University of Alabama AL$84,501$98,943$22,027
University of Virginia-Main Campus VA$88,885$98,871$19,084
Illinois Institute of Technology IL$87,490$98,743$16,038
Florida International University FL$79,085$98,697$18,750
Arkansas State University AR—$98,691—
Morgan State University MD$81,249$98,640$28,500
Stony Brook University NY$77,531$98,573$16,000
Florida Institute of Technology FL—$98,505—
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus OH$80,270$98,364$23,000
Montana State University MT$83,381$98,331$20,375
University of Georgia GA$78,532$98,280$17,508
Missouri University of Science and Technology MO$82,920$98,264$17,750
North Carolina A & T State University NC$80,697$98,061$27,000
Alabama A & M University AL$79,714$98,045$26,500
Weber State University UT$76,220$98,042—
California State University-Bakersfield CA$76,392$97,998—
University of Akron Main Campus OH$79,005$97,875$19,125
Indiana University-Indianapolis IN$86,337$97,841$26,150
Temple University PA$82,239$97,839$24,875
Clarkson University NY$84,894$97,750$25,093
New Jersey Institute of Technology NJ$79,695$97,718$21,500
CUNY City College NY$76,943$97,698$12,099
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities MN$82,973$97,575$18,915
University of Delaware DE$81,047$97,567$23,750
Lawrence Technological University MI$78,504$97,532$27,000
University of Arkansas AR$81,994$97,516$15,000
University of Hartford CT—$97,268—
University of Iowa IA$80,651$97,208$27,000
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College LA$83,624$97,208$18,367
University of Tulsa OK—$97,087—
Kennesaw State University GA$79,763$96,935$23,336
University of Kentucky KY$78,654$96,913$25,500
Western New England University MA—$96,841—
Wentworth Institute of Technology MA$86,396$96,673$21,500
Merrimack College MA$96,494——
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology IN$86,684$96,448$24,500
Oklahoma State University-Main Campus OK$79,546$96,447$23,019
Clemson University SC$77,897$96,446$22,125
Old Dominion University VA$75,804$96,427$24,271
University of Nevada-Reno NV$79,365$96,291$18,838
Purdue University Northwest IN$81,990$96,206$22,000
University of Missouri-St Louis MO$86,064$96,083$29,250
California State University-Los Angeles CA$72,677$96,014$23,000
Tuskegee University AL$85,831$95,915—
Widener University PA—$95,901—
University of Toledo OH$85,348$95,846$16,250
New Mexico State University-Main Campus NM$73,386$95,683$18,163
Kansas State University KS$85,457$95,640$25,494
University of New Orleans LA$78,718$95,630$19,250
University of Dayton OH$81,207$95,595$19,089
Western Michigan University MI$75,363$95,469$29,750
Georgia Southern University GA$76,931$95,467$16,250
Northern Arizona University AZ$86,552$95,388$15,500
The University of Texas at Tyler TX$75,687$95,295$16,550
University of North Texas TX$76,514$95,294$22,750
University at Buffalo NY$77,295$95,209$19,000
University of Wisconsin-Madison WI$85,353$95,059$20,500
University of Vermont VT$86,753$95,036$15,750
Texas A&M University-Kingsville TX$69,136$94,810$21,999
Texas State University TX$85,908$94,780$24,375
University of Connecticut CT$82,641$94,722$24,346
University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus CT$82,641$94,722$24,346
University of Connecticut-Avery Point CT$82,641$94,722$24,346
University of Connecticut-Stamford CT$82,641$94,722$24,346
University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus CT$82,641$94,722$24,346
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth MA$79,631$94,683$27,000
Ohio University-Eastern Campus OH$69,470$94,673—
Ohio University-Chillicothe Campus OH$69,470$94,673—
Ohio University-Southern Campus OH$69,470$94,673—
Ohio University-Lancaster Campus OH$69,470$94,673—
Ohio University-Main Campus OH$69,470$94,673—
Ohio University-Zanesville Campus OH$69,470$94,673—
Utah State University UT$76,257$94,576$14,000
North Dakota State University-Main Campus ND$82,503$94,510$20,500
University of Idaho ID$82,017$94,484—
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology SD$83,127$94,201$27,000
Tennessee Technological University TN$81,222$94,179$15,500
The University of Texas at El Paso TX$72,199$94,122$17,474
University of St Thomas MN$81,789$93,981$19,500
University of Louisville KY$80,678$93,968$17,750
Northern Illinois University IL$77,987$93,962$19,658
University of North Carolina at Charlotte NC$78,528$93,953$26,500
Brigham Young University-Idaho ID$80,160$93,873$15,034
Florida State University FL$71,428$93,740$21,261
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville TN$80,042$93,642$27,000
Florida Atlantic University FL$78,906$93,561$22,500
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College PA$82,304$93,277$26,000
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-Barre PA$82,304$93,277$26,000
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg PA$82,304$93,277$26,000
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus PA$82,304$93,277$26,000
Milwaukee School of Engineering WI$80,240$93,201$27,000
Trine University IN$75,745$92,945—
California State University-Fullerton CA$79,893$92,618$21,885
University of Nebraska at Omaha NE—$92,565—
College of Staten Island CUNY NY$71,939$92,542—
University of Wisconsin-Platteville WI$79,694$92,443$23,500
University of Illinois Chicago IL$78,269$92,002$17,625
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee WI$78,701$91,955$26,000
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus OK$78,396$91,833$19,688
University of West Florida FL$76,512$91,813—
University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez PR$62,209$91,631$8,250
Central Michigan University MI$81,999$91,542—
Washington University in St Louis MO$91,446——
University of Utah UT$83,204$91,361$22,000
University of North Florida FL$81,505$90,944—
The University of Texas at San Antonio TX$76,918$90,846$24,000
Youngstown State University OH$69,950$90,539$22,250
University of New Mexico-Main Campus NM$67,070$90,529—
Saginaw Valley State University MI$77,325$90,482—
University of Central Oklahoma OK$80,546$90,152$15,540
University of Alabama at Birmingham AL$83,188$90,089$20,114
Florida Polytechnic University FL—$90,086—
University of New Haven CT—$90,042—
Saint Cloud State University MN—$90,009—
Arkansas Tech University AR$69,524$89,951—
University of Memphis TN$78,667$89,515—
Wright State University-Main Campus OH$71,659$89,391—
Liberty University VA$76,648$89,244—
University of Hawaii at Manoa HI$72,916$88,869$22,507
Citadel Military College of South Carolina SC$76,369$88,869—
University of Minnesota-Duluth MN$77,376$88,305$20,500
Valparaiso University IN$87,666$87,944—
Cleveland State University OH$74,124$87,713$26,350
University of Miami FL—$87,274—
The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga TN$82,767$86,537$25,250
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley TX$77,462$85,971$16,762
Western Kentucky University KY—$85,772—
Minnesota State University-Mankato MN$81,730$85,655—
Eastern Washington University WA$72,518$85,599$22,500
University of Louisiana at Lafayette LA$78,545$84,883$23,766
Southern California Institute of Technology CA$69,375$84,440$36,967
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale IL$84,134$83,853—
Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus NJ—$83,798—
Grand Canyon University AZ$83,187—$27,000
University of Wyoming WY$82,762——
University of Kansas KS$81,760—$21,000
East Texas A&M University TX$81,647——
SUNY Polytechnic Institute NY—$81,574—
Texas A&M University-Texarkana TX$79,539——
Syracuse University NY$79,414——
Ohio Northern University OH$78,944——
University of California-Davis CA$78,729—$14,883
The College of New Jersey NJ$75,016——
University of Southern Maine ME$74,882——
Western Carolina University NC$74,403—$19,500
University at Albany NY$73,923—$19,000
State University of New York at New Paltz NY$73,337——
Oklahoma Christian University OK$71,057——
Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania PA$70,388——
Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Gurabo Campus PR$44,200$61,366$15,625
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Bayamon PR$32,335$60,940—
Virginia Military Institute VA$48,395——
Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico PR$47,386—$21,333
Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico-Orlando FL$47,386—$21,333