Bachelor's · earnings grade

Is a Computer Engineering Technology degree worth it?

Graduates earn a median $50,856 two years after finishing, more than 78% of bachelor's majors. Measured across 75 US programmes by the Department of Education — real graduate pay, not survey answers.

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The verdict on the money

Yes — graduates earn more than most majors at this level.

Median earnings $50,856 2 years after finishing · per graduate
Typical range $41,565–$57,499 middle half of US programmes
Over no degree +$11,336 vs $39,520 high-school median
Graduates a year 827 75 programmes

Where a Computer Engineering Technology degree pays best US programmes ranked on their own graduates' median earnings two years out.

#University1 yr out2 yrs out3 yrs outGraduates/yr
1 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute cost & debt at this university → $76,042 $88,933 $99,954 62
2 Brigham Young University-Idaho cost & debt at this university → $74,657 $80,336 not published —
3 Oregon Institute of Technology cost & debt at this university → $66,268 $73,378 $81,591 58
4 University of Houston-Downtown cost & debt at this university → $73,187 $69,338 $76,489 7
5 Rochester Institute of Technology cost & debt at this university → $73,827 $64,990 not published 36
6 Central Connecticut State University cost & debt at this university → $54,056 $60,839 $79,520 17
7 Wentworth Institute of Technology cost & debt at this university → $65,422 $60,094 $64,688 —
8 DeVry University-Virginia $53,564 $57,499 $60,522 —
9 DeVry University-Texas $53,564 $57,499 $60,522 —
10 DeVry University-Ohio $53,564 $57,499 $60,522 —
11 DeVry University-Illinois $53,564 $57,499 $60,522 22
12 DeVry University-Georgia $53,564 $57,499 $60,522 —

What this figure does and does not tell you

Two medians are worth separating. $50,856 is what the typical graduate earns — each programme counted in proportion to how many students it graduates. $57,409 is what the typical programme reports, counting a class of twenty the same as a class of two thousand. The weighted figure is lower here, which means the larger programmes in this field pay less than the small ones.

It is the median of what real graduates of this exact major earned, taken from tax records two years after they completed. It is not a starting salary, not an average of job adverts, and not a projection. The median bachelor's major in this dataset reports $36,497, so Computer Engineering Technology sits above the middle by $14,359.

Two years is early in a career. Fields with long training pipelines — medicine, law, research — look weaker at this point than they will at ten, while trades and applied technical fields peak sooner. Read a low figure in a long-pipeline subject as "slow start", not "bad degree".

There is no debt figure here on purpose. The Department of Education publishes earnings by field of study but not borrowing, so nobody can honestly tell you the debt of a specific major. Debt is published per institution — that is where our university cost pages carry it.

Majors that pay more at this level Closest first — useful if you are still choosing.

Information Science & Studies — $57,883 Computer and Information Sciences — $58,157 Mechanical Engineering Related Technology — $58,522 Drafting & Design Engineering Technology — $58,673 Biomedical Engineering — $58,866 Quality Control — $59,286

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Computer Engineering Technology: the questions people ask

How much do Computer Engineering Technology graduates earn?
The median bachelor's graduate earns $50,856 two years after finishing (weighting each programme by how many students it graduates), across 32 US programmes that publish the figure. One year out it is $53,564.
Is a Computer Engineering Technology degree worth it?
Yes — graduates earn more than most majors at this level. The median graduate earns $11,336 a year more than a US worker whose highest qualification is a high-school diploma.
What is the salary range for Computer Engineering Technology?
Half of US programmes report medians between $41,565 and $57,499. Where you study moves this figure more than most applicants expect.
How many people graduate in Computer Engineering Technology each year?
About 827 students complete a bachelor's in this field each year across 75 US programmes.
Does this include student debt?
No — and deliberately. The Department of Education publishes earnings by field of study but not debt, so any "debt by major" figure you see elsewhere is an estimate. Debt is published per institution, which is why our university pages carry it and this page does not.
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Classified by the Department of Education as Computer Engineering Technologies/Technicians (CIP 1512). Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard, field-of-study earnings (median earnings of graduates who received federal financial aid, measured 1–3 years after completion). Figures are per major and credential level, pooled across US programmes. Information only, not financial advice.