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Associate's · Engineering/engineering-related Technologies/technicians

Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians (Associate's): earnings by school

48 schools report graduate earnings for this major.

Median across schools, 1 year out
$51,291
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Median across schools, 4 years out
$59,490
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical debt
$12,000
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort

Across 39 schools reporting 4-year earnings, the middle half of programs pay graduates between $54,148 and $63,498. The school matters less than you might think for this major.

Schools, highest earnings first

School1 year4 yearsDebt
SUNY College of Technology at Delhi NY—$72,530$12,000
CUNY New York City College of Technology NY—$71,749—
Ferris State University MI—$67,913—
Century College MN—$67,478—
Spokane Community College WA$52,922$66,859—
Austin Community College District TX$53,795$65,475—
Dunwoody College of Technology MN$54,944$64,719$12,000
Madison Area Technical College WI—$64,565—
Northeast Community College NE—$63,776—
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College MS—$63,498—
Northcentral Technical College WI$53,236$63,412—
San Jacinto Community College TX—$63,403—
Hennepin Technical College MN$60,479$63,030—
Valencia College FL—$62,497—
Dakota County Technical College MN—$62,459—
Front Range Community College CO—$60,510—
Houston City College TX$49,232$60,458—
St Cloud Technical and Community College MN$53,268$60,100—
Des Moines Area Community College IA$50,207$59,996—
Waukesha County Technical College WI$55,259$59,490—
Mott Community College MI—$59,314—
Minnesota State College Southeast MN$54,926$58,135—
Ridgewater College MN$56,493——
Macomb Community College MI—$56,351—
Fox Valley Technical College WI$56,137——
Lamar Institute of Technology TX$55,894——
ITI Technical College LA$45,376$55,773$16,285
Anoka Technical College MN—$55,198—
SOWELA Technical Community College LA—$55,019—
Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology PA$48,073$54,615$12,000
Tidewater Community College VA—$54,518—
Minnesota State Community and Technical College MN$50,983$54,350—
Southeast Community College Area NE—$54,148$6,800
Ivy Tech Community College IN$48,605$53,556—
College of Western Idaho ID$55,241$52,926—
Pennsylvania College of Technology PA—$52,616$21,250
Metropolitan Community College Area NE$52,550——
Texas State Technical College TX$49,388$52,041—
State Technical College of Missouri MO$51,291$50,606$12,000
Vincennes University IN—$48,459—
YTI Career Institute-York PA—$48,420—
Bluegrass Community and Technical College KY$45,666——
South Louisiana Community College LA$45,236——
Central New Mexico Community College NM—$44,483—
Wichita State University-Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology KS$50,007$44,422—
Ozarks Technical Community College MO$42,903——
Southern Maine Community College ME$40,988——
Central Carolina Technical College SC$35,115——