Master's · Cambridge, Massachusetts
Is Mechanical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Earnings are reported, but there isn't enough cost data to estimate payback.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $182,968
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $215,610
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- Not enough borrowers to report
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $145k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in MA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
No cost figure is reported, so payback and net return can't be computed.
Other majors at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Business/Commerce, General (Master's)$258,152
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- Economics (Bachelor's)$154,591
Mechanical Engineering at other schools in Massachusetts
- Northeastern University$124,007
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute$117,441
- University of Massachusetts-Lowell$117,288
- Boston University$117,154
- Tufts University$107,589
- University of Massachusetts-Amherst$95,406