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Master's · Engineering

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

78 schools report graduate earnings for this major.

Median across schools, 1 year out
$112,640
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Median across schools, 4 years out
$135,198
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical debt
$26,162
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort

Across 60 schools reporting 4-year earnings, the middle half of programs pay graduates between $121,478 and $146,735. The school matters less than you might think for this major.

Schools, highest earnings first

School1 year4 yearsDebt
The University of Texas at Austin TX—$219,705—
Carnegie Mellon University PA$157,567$209,847$57,062
Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA$173,300$199,245—
Santa Clara University CA—$196,786—
Stanford University CA$170,593$181,705$41,000
University of Southern California CA$143,987$180,468—
University of California-Los Angeles CA$145,687$174,798$23,666
University of Colorado Boulder CO$95,945$170,375$37,669
University of California-San Diego CA$125,176$169,987$33,236
University of California-Berkeley CA$162,352——
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo CA$135,173$158,977—
Cornell University NY$136,971$156,103$62,500
Northeastern University MA$124,342$155,483—
Columbia University in the City of New York NY$126,706$152,001—
Johns Hopkins University MD$134,717$148,887$22,874
University of Washington-Seattle Campus WA$134,073$146,735$41,166
University of Washington-Bothell Campus WA$134,073$146,735$41,166
University of Arizona AZ$123,499$146,079$20,500
University of California-Davis CA$132,441$145,917—
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus GA—$143,627$20,775
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL—$142,725—
The University of Texas at Dallas TX$106,030$142,523—
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus CO—$140,670—
Worcester Polytechnic Institute MA$132,803$139,976—
Portland State University OR—$139,274—
Purdue University-Main Campus IN$115,535$137,523$25,000
University of Massachusetts-Lowell MA$111,214$137,144—
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor MI—$136,188—
Iowa State University IA$119,229$136,132—
University of New Mexico-Main Campus NM$113,080$136,076—
New York University NY—$135,852—
University of Michigan-Dearborn MI$127,124$134,543—
Ohio State University-Main Campus OH$97,076$134,031—
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus PA$117,548$132,129—
North Carolina State University at Raleigh NC$101,156$131,229$20,500
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University VA—$130,029—
University of Wisconsin-Madison WI$118,900$129,743—
Oakland University MI$108,070$128,958—
Arizona State University Campus Immersion AZ$116,618$127,864$26,162
Arizona State University Digital Immersion AZ$116,618$127,864$26,162
New Jersey Institute of Technology NJ$101,901$127,494—
Drexel University PA$112,200$127,488—
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus OK$95,550$125,095—
Stevens Institute of Technology NJ$108,293$123,214$20,500
Ohio University-Main Campus OH$123,762$123,110—
Boston University MA$121,650—$60,654
University of Florida FL$116,812$121,478$22,000
University of Arkansas AR$118,913——
George Washington University DC$118,818—$24,193
California State University-Los Angeles CA$94,622$118,058—
Rochester Institute of Technology NY—$116,674—
Cleveland State University OH—$115,285—
Wayne State University MI—$115,160—
California State Polytechnic University-Pomona CA$113,294——
Washington University in St Louis MO$111,891——
University of Missouri-Kansas City MO$109,037$111,394—
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg PA$111,392——
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus PA$111,392——
Pennsylvania State University-World Campus PA$111,392——
Clarkson University NY$126,212$109,601—
Indiana University-Indianapolis IN$100,265$109,536—
Colorado School of Mines CO$108,978——
California State University-Fullerton CA$108,857——
University of Dayton OH$94,844$108,507—
Wright State University-Main Campus OH$96,472$107,832—
University of Massachusetts-Amherst MA$106,958——
Lehigh University PA—$106,767—
University of St Thomas MN$106,308——
Stony Brook University NY$98,218$104,443—
University of South Florida FL—$102,978—
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus OH$101,469——
University of California-Riverside CA$101,455——
University of Louisville KY$92,036$100,750—
University of Utah UT$99,961——
Florida International University FL$89,488$99,172—
New York Institute of Technology NY$84,748$98,474—
Mercer University GA$92,227——
University of Illinois Chicago IL$92,205——