Bachelor's · Hamden, Connecticut
Is Mechanical Engineering at Quinnipiac University worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 4.6 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $82,002
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $96,383
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $27,000
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $177k (likely $177k – $177k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $56k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in CT
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 4.6 years (likely 3.6–6.0)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $166k (likely $25k – $315k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $825k (likely $532k – $1.17M)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 79%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Mechanical Engineering at other schools in Connecticut
- Central Connecticut State University$94,462
- Fairfield University$91,633
- University of Connecticut$90,261
- University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus$90,261
- University of Connecticut-Avery Point$90,261
- University of Connecticut-Stamford$90,261
- University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus$90,261
- University of New Haven$89,099
- University of Hartford$88,530