Bachelor's degree · Engineering · CIP 14.10
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering: earnings and debt by college
The College Scorecard lists 388 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering, together awarding 14,968 of these degrees in the most recent year. At the median institution, graduates who received federal aid earn $81,632 one year after finishing and $105,232 five years after finishing (two separate graduating classes). The median institution's graduates leave with $22,250 in federal student loans.
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
Colleges
388
Degrees awarded per yeariBachelor's degrees the school awarded in this major in the most recent reported year.
14,968
Median earnings, 1 yriMedian earnings of graduates who received federal aid, 1 year after finishing, among those working and not enrolled. The figure here is the median across institutions; branch campuses share their institution's figure and count once.
$81,632
234 reporting
Median earnings, 5 yrsiMedian earnings of graduates who received federal aid, 5 years after finishing, among those working and not enrolled. The figure here is the median across institutions; branch campuses share their institution's figure and count once.
$105,232
242 reporting
Median debtiMedian federal student-loan balance of the program's graduates. Excludes Parent PLUS and private loans. The figure here is the median across institutions; branch campuses share their institution's figure and count once.
$22,250
198 reporting
Compare Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering programs on one chart
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Colleges with a bachelor's in Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering
| University of California-Berkeley Berkeley · Public | CA | 510 | $154,713 | $224,040 | $13,608 |
| Texas A&M University-College Station College Station · Public | TX | 319 | $85,669 | $108,479 | $19,707 |
| The University of Texas at Austin Austin · Public | TX | 312 | $111,942 | $147,084 | $18,236 |
| Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick · Public | NJ | 253 | $85,595 | $118,062 | $20,000 |
| Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus · Public | OH | 244 | $83,961 | $110,924 | $18,578 |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign · Public | IL | 235 | $89,876 | $115,323 | $19,500 |
| Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette · Public | IN | 211 | $87,713 | $110,403 | $23,250 |
| Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh · Private nonprofit | PA | 192 | $150,074 | $194,896 | $19,500 |
| Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe · Public | AZ | 187 | $87,608 | $110,021 | $27,000 |
| University of Central Florida Orlando · Public | FL | 182 | $80,412 | $102,045 | $15,000 |
| University of California-San Diego La Jolla · Public | CA | 177 | $88,098 | $125,735 | $17,083 |
| North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh · Public | NC | 165 | $82,769 | $103,983 | $20,500 |
| Arizona State University Digital Immersion Scottsdale · Public | AZ | 160 | $87,608 | $110,021 | $27,000 |
| California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Pomona · Public | CA | 152 | $84,142 | $113,242 | $14,274 |
| Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta · Public | GA | 151 | n/a | $120,444 | $21,750 |
| Florida International University Miami · Public | FL | 147 | $79,085 | $106,938 | $23,025 |
| University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles · Public | CA | 146 | $89,318 | $139,474 | $14,661 |
| University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle · Public | WA | 140 | $84,874 | $125,227 | $13,978 |
| Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park · Public | PA | 133 | $82,304 | $99,584 | $27,000 |
| Oregon State University Corvallis · Public | OR | 127 | $85,263 | $107,084 | $23,990 |
| University of Michigan-Dearborn Dearborn · Public | MI | 125 | $82,193 | $110,252 | $18,000 |
| California State University-Long Beach Long Beach · Public | CA | 119 | $79,391 | $108,655 | $17,620 |
| The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson · Public | TX | 118 | $84,786 | $104,740 | $20,750 |
| University of Florida Gainesville · Public | FL | 111 | $87,391 | $110,804 | $16,625 |
| Michigan State University East Lansing · Public | MI | 108 | $83,604 | $108,849 | $20,500 |
| University of California-Davis Davis · Public | CA | 107 | $78,729 | n/a | $14,883 |
| University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati · Public | OH | 107 | $80,270 | $101,079 | $22,500 |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg · Public | VA | 107 | $82,059 | $108,844 | $22,500 |
| San Diego State University San Diego · Public | CA | 101 | $81,083 | $118,313 | $13,779 |
| San Jose State University San Jose · Public | CA | 101 | n/a | $138,397 | n/a |
| University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor · Public | MI | 100 | $90,582 | $124,730 | $19,500 |
| Kennesaw State University Kennesaw · Public | GA | 99 | $79,763 | $100,375 | $27,000 |
| University of Maryland-College Park College Park · Public | MD | 99 | $87,710 | $114,724 | $21,750 |
| Iowa State University Ames · Public | IA | 98 | $81,522 | $105,822 | $22,921 |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison · Public | WI | 97 | $85,353 | $108,835 | $20,500 |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester · Private nonprofit | MA | 96 | $93,884 | $114,991 | $27,000 |
| University of Massachusetts-Lowell Lowell · Public | MA | 95 | $81,683 | $107,600 | $24,922 |
| University of Arizona Tucson · Public | AZ | 93 | $83,081 | $108,722 | $21,639 |
| Wayne State University Detroit · Public | MI | 93 | $87,651 | $112,030 | $20,988 |
| Washington State University Pullman · Public | WA | 92 | $83,445 | $106,374 | $20,537 |
| California State University-Sacramento Sacramento · Public | CA | 90 | $82,508 | $113,838 | $15,886 |
| Missouri University of Science and Technology Rolla · Public | MO | 90 | $82,920 | $105,202 | $19,500 |
| University of South Florida Tampa · Public | FL | 89 | $79,180 | $103,871 | $22,983 |
| Northeastern University Boston · Private nonprofit | MA | 88 | $96,270 | $121,127 | $21,500 |
| Colorado School of Mines Golden · Public | CO | 87 | $85,923 | $110,385 | $21,272 |
| Mississippi State University Mississippi State · Public | MS | 85 | $81,976 | $98,756 | $25,000 |
| Oakland University Rochester Hills · Public | MI | 84 | $87,148 | $109,609 | $25,000 |
| University of California-Irvine Irvine · Public | CA | 83 | $82,997 | $124,395 | $12,816 |
| The University of Texas at El Paso El Paso · Public | TX | 82 | $72,199 | $89,595 | $18,500 |
| University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez Mayaguez · Public | PR | 80 | $62,209 | $96,595 | $8,250 |
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Quick facts: Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering
- How many colleges offer a bachelor's degree in Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering?
- The College Scorecard lists 388 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering.
- How much do Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering graduates earn?
- Across institutions, the median of graduates' median earnings is $81,632 one year after graduation (234 institutions reporting) and $105,232 five years after graduation (242 institutions reporting). These figures cover graduates who received federal aid and are working and not enrolled in school. Branch campuses share their institution's figures, so each institution counts once.
- Where do Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering graduates earn the most five years after graduation?
- By reported median earnings five years after graduation: University of California-Berkeley ($224,040), Carnegie Mellon University ($194,896), Massachusetts Institute of Technology ($181,287), Stanford University ($173,254), and Cornell University ($166,324).
- How much student debt do Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering graduates have?
- The median institution's Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering graduates leave with $22,250 in federal student loans (198 institutions reporting). Parent PLUS and private loans are not included.
- Which colleges award the most Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering degrees?
- By bachelor's degrees awarded in the most recent year: University of California-Berkeley (510), Texas A&M University-College Station (319), The University of Texas at Austin (312), Rutgers University-New Brunswick (253), and Ohio State University-Main Campus (244).
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How these numbers work
Figures cover bachelor's degree programs in Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (CIP code 14.10), as reported in the College Scorecard. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid, measured one and five years after they finished, among those working and not enrolled in school; the one-year and five-year figures describe different graduating classes. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation. The Scorecard withholds figures for programs with few graduates, so many smaller programs show n/a. Summary figures are medians across institutions: the Scorecard reports program earnings and debt for a whole institution, so branch campuses share one figure and count once. All figures are from the Scorecard's most recent field-of-study release. More on the data.