Bachelor's · Engineering

Computer Engineering (Bachelor's): earnings by school

200 schools report graduate earnings for this major.

Median across schools, 1 year out
$81,533
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Median across schools, 4 years out
$105,527
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical debt
$20,803
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort

Across 187 schools reporting 4-year earnings, the middle half of programs pay graduates between $96,079 and $116,214. The school matters less than you might think for this major.

Schools, highest earnings first

School1 year4 yearsDebt
University of California-Los Angeles CA$137,925$228,705$17,731
Columbia University in the City of New York NY—$194,365—
Duke University NC$149,622$174,522$12,000
University of Washington-Seattle Campus WA$147,670$169,570$13,570
University of Washington-Bothell Campus WA$147,670$169,570$13,570
University of Washington-Tacoma Campus WA$147,670$169,570$13,570
University of Southern California CA$155,416$166,369—
Santa Clara University CA$93,450$163,765$24,500
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL$121,140$159,855$18,593
Bucknell University PA$97,180$156,885—
University of Maryland-College Park MD$94,957$152,422$20,500
University of California-San Diego CA$104,513$149,139$13,000
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo CA$114,472$148,950$17,178
University of Virginia-Main Campus VA$96,639$148,175$16,250
University of California-Davis CA$94,722$145,422$12,093
University of California-Santa Barbara CA$101,093$144,703$10,000
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor MI$111,476$142,071$17,588
Northeastern University MA$110,872$135,416$21,617
Boston University MA$105,408$135,394$20,500
Brigham Young University UT$99,528$133,111$20,500
University of California-Irvine CA$89,393$132,357$15,500
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus GA—$128,497$18,750
University of Florida FL$91,056$128,140$11,021
Stony Brook University NY$83,252$128,038$18,500
New York University NY$91,785$127,201$18,002
Texas A&M University-College Station TX$95,738$127,042$19,149
University of New Mexico-Main Campus NM—$126,356—
University of California-Santa Cruz CA$103,729$124,641$18,146
Stevens Institute of Technology NJ$90,401$124,037$27,000
Ohio State University-Main Campus OH$91,602$123,731$19,500
Rochester Institute of Technology NY$97,300$123,027$27,000
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University VA$90,545$122,026$20,372
University of Colorado Colorado Springs CO$94,313$121,678—
Utah Valley University UT$83,666$121,466$14,209
Purdue University-Main Campus IN$93,048$121,462$19,494
Kettering University MI$86,105$120,531$26,183
University of Wisconsin-Madison WI$90,524$120,068$15,000
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities MN$82,174$119,781$19,854
Villanova University PA$87,894$119,137$26,970
Virginia Commonwealth University VA$80,958$118,273$22,043
George Mason University VA$82,767$117,942$20,500
Binghamton University NY$85,968$117,721$20,600
Drexel University PA$93,353$117,537$27,000
CUNY City College NY$79,996$117,131—
San Diego State University CA$79,102$116,842$21,498
University of Dayton OH$78,251$116,356$18,989
Lehigh University PA—$116,214$19,500
University of Connecticut CT$85,913$115,117$19,438
University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus CT$85,913$115,117$19,438
University of Connecticut-Avery Point CT$85,913$115,117$19,438
University of Connecticut-Stamford CT$85,913$115,117$19,438
University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus CT$85,913$115,117$19,438
Illinois Institute of Technology IL$87,490$114,930$22,750
Florida State University FL$78,848$114,802$20,725
Washington State University WA$84,757$114,635$18,750
University of Utah UT$87,804$114,197$17,875
University of Kansas KS—$113,339—
University of Maryland-Baltimore County MD$86,599$113,299$15,000
University of Massachusetts-Amherst MA$94,252$113,083$26,413
University of Missouri-Columbia MO$82,444$112,696—
The University of Texas at Dallas TX$88,685$112,666$20,187
Arizona State University Campus Immersion AZ$87,787$112,543$23,262
Arizona State University Digital Immersion AZ$87,787$112,543$23,262
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College PA$85,528$112,269$27,000
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg PA$85,528$112,269$27,000
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine PA$85,528$112,269$27,000
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus PA$85,528$112,269$27,000
Pennsylvania State University-World Campus PA$85,528$112,269$27,000
University of Michigan-Dearborn MI$84,924$111,740$22,219
Utah State University UT—$111,527—
Monmouth University NJ—$111,422—
University of Delaware DE$82,817$111,388$26,622
Syracuse University NY$87,778$110,988$26,201
Auburn University AL$80,817$110,927$23,250
University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown PA$78,502$110,417$26,391
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus PA$78,502$110,417$26,391
North Carolina State University at Raleigh NC$86,632$110,416$20,500
University at Buffalo NY$81,334$109,221$19,000
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology IN$89,033$109,164$26,647
University of North Texas TX$73,721$109,151$19,500
University of South Carolina-Columbia SC$72,751$109,116$20,000
University of South Florida FL$82,616$109,054$20,489
Clarkson University NY$81,253$107,790$26,700
University of Houston TX$80,242$107,283$23,138
University of California-Riverside CA$76,772$107,193$20,666
Saint Cloud State University MN$83,946$107,133$26,412
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College LA—$106,897$21,187
University of Central Florida FL$79,455$106,680$14,161
Florida Institute of Technology FL$80,468$106,431$27,000
University of Alabama in Huntsville AL$84,415$105,920$22,539
The University of Texas at Arlington TX$84,166$105,871$14,833
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville TN$91,465$105,834—
Iowa State University IA$83,366$105,753$24,250
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott AZ$72,403$105,527$24,375
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach FL$72,403$105,527$24,375
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus OK$71,889$105,525$19,500
University of Maine ME$85,650$104,785—
Michigan State University MI$88,605$104,627$19,500
California State University-Sacramento CA$79,217$104,394$12,800
University of Nebraska-Lincoln NE$86,967$103,934$24,349
California State University-Fresno CA$81,016$103,896—
Milwaukee School of Engineering WI$83,370$103,360$27,000
Grand Valley State University MI$79,660$103,253$30,250
Kennesaw State University GA$79,585$103,054$22,750
Clemson University SC$80,134$102,762$25,000
University of Illinois Chicago IL$83,575$102,691$16,625
University of California-Merced CA$59,271$102,575$13,536
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus OH$88,674$102,273$20,500
California State University-Fullerton CA$57,140$101,408$22,755
Oklahoma State University-Main Campus OK$78,650$101,279$20,000
Florida International University FL$70,159$101,224$15,062
California State University-Northridge CA$84,485$101,021—
University of Rhode Island RI$84,429$100,975$23,000
California State Polytechnic University-Pomona CA$83,186$100,673$13,000
University of Hawaii at Manoa HI$62,456$100,454$20,803
University of Kentucky KY$75,439$99,945$22,530
New Jersey Institute of Technology NJ$74,754$99,880$22,500
University of Georgia GA$80,485$99,739$12,000
Missouri University of Science and Technology MO$80,341$99,620$22,875
Montana State University MT$75,723$99,411—
Wentworth Institute of Technology MA$84,428$99,093$25,546
West Virginia University Institute of Technology WV$80,234$99,048$14,713
West Virginia University WV$80,234$99,048$14,713
University of Arkansas AR$68,330$99,031$20,345
Tennessee Technological University TN—$98,978—
California State University-Long Beach CA$78,693$98,967$18,103
Florida Gulf Coast University FL$66,017$98,650$16,598
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth MA$68,724$98,642—
North Carolina A & T State University NC$84,756$98,567$21,500
Wright State University-Main Campus OH$73,830$97,659—
Marquette University WI$78,856$97,608—
University of Massachusetts-Lowell MA$80,363$97,547$23,250
California State University-Chico CA—$97,345—
University of Louisville KY$76,252$97,216$15,000
Loyola University Chicago IL$77,044$97,158$26,394
University of North Carolina at Charlotte NC$72,277$97,109$22,500
University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez PR$83,538$96,870$8,500
Miami University-Oxford OH$79,253$96,840$20,725
University of Akron Main Campus OH$79,070$96,791$17,200
Portland State University OR$96,791——
California Baptist University CA$77,784$96,506—
Valparaiso University IN$88,189$96,079—
Indiana University-Indianapolis IN$75,941$95,884—
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee WI—$95,849—
Oakland University MI$91,164$95,843$25,184
University of Northern Colorado CO—$95,775—
Johnson & Wales University-Providence RI—$95,371—
University of Wisconsin-Platteville WI$75,023$95,300$25,000
Old Dominion University VA$75,677$94,542$21,900
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville IL$71,238$94,494—
University of Wisconsin-Stout WI$78,464$94,440$27,000
San Francisco State University CA$74,592$94,129$21,000
University of Nevada-Las Vegas NV$70,218$93,830$16,038
University of Toledo OH$69,891$93,816$22,250
California State University-Bakersfield CA—$93,797—
Bowling Green State University-Main Campus OH$69,543$93,626$26,985
Michigan Technological University MI$81,654$93,557$24,375
Full Sail University FL$69,733$93,410$32,253
North Dakota State University-Main Campus ND$70,461$92,878$20,000
Texas Tech University TX$87,821$92,615$20,500
California State University-San Bernardino CA$58,747$92,492$21,675
Florida Polytechnic University FL$72,423$92,109—
The College of New Jersey NJ$92,004——
Manhattan University NY—$91,394$26,999
The University of Arizona Global Campus AZ$91,288—$29,250
Florida Atlantic University FL$73,242$90,664$25,000
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania PA$73,772$90,384$21,750
Jackson State University MS$49,408$89,702—
University of Memphis TN$69,684$89,702—
Cleveland State University OH$75,587$88,595$25,337
The University of Texas at San Antonio TX$84,719$87,983$21,562
Oklahoma Christian University OK—$87,701—
State University of New York at Oswego NY—$86,865—
DeVry University-Arizona AZ$65,515$86,645$40,181
DeVry University-California CA$65,515$86,645$40,181
DeVry University-Florida FL$65,515$86,645$40,181
DeVry University-Georgia GA$65,515$86,645$40,181
DeVry University-Illinois IL$65,515$86,645$40,181
DeVry University-Ohio OH$65,515$86,645$40,181
DeVry University-Texas TX$65,515$86,645$40,181
DeVry University-Virginia VA$65,515$86,645$40,181
Mississippi State University MS$72,203$85,275$22,950
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale IL$75,677$85,056—
Kansas State University KS$82,849——
California State University-San Marcos CA$81,770—$16,750
University of Iowa IA$81,533—$24,108
University of Hartford CT$80,224——
Trine University IN$73,015$79,824$26,875
University of Houston-Clear Lake TX$75,629$79,710$23,079
St. Mary's University TX$66,668$78,406—
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley TX$63,928$77,097$11,750
Western Michigan University MI$77,069——
Brigham Young University-Idaho ID$76,872——
Wichita State University KS$70,687$76,203—
Christopher Newport University VA$75,144——
Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Gurabo Campus PR$28,206$67,342$15,492
Vermont State University VT$51,351——
Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale FL$43,451$51,222—
Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico PR$38,750—$20,616
Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico-Orlando FL$38,750—$20,616