Bachelor's · earnings grade

Is a Electrical & Electronic Engineering Technology degree worth it?

Graduates earn a median $61,702 two years after finishing, more than 86% of bachelor's majors. Measured across 139 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 $61,702 2 years after finishing
Typical range $53,358–$63,749 middle half of US programmes
Over no degree +$22,182 vs $39,520 high-school median
Graduates a year 1,362 139 programmes

Where a Electrical & Electronic 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 Pace University cost & debt at this university → not published $88,639 not published —
2 Wayne State University cost & debt at this university → $70,278 $76,460 $90,813 10
3 University of North Texas cost & debt at this university → not published $72,762 $85,494 —
4 Central Washington University cost & debt at this university → not published $72,482 $86,230 12
5 California State University-Chico cost & debt at this university → $71,244 $70,176 $79,499 —
6 Point Park University cost & debt at this university → not published $69,338 $71,087 —
7 Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus cost & debt at this university → not published $69,338 $74,221 —
8 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College not published $69,338 $74,221 7
9 University of Akron Main Campus cost & debt at this university → $56,173 $69,338 $70,064 9
10 University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus $65,110 $69,221 not published —
11 Rochester Institute of Technology cost & debt at this university → $69,599 $69,002 $79,152 14
12 University of Maine cost & debt at this university → $69,464 $68,499 $76,846 18

What this figure does and does not tell you

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 Electrical & Electronic Engineering Technology sits above the middle by $25,205.

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.

Human Computer Interaction — $62,012 Computer Programming — $62,260 Construction Engineering Technology & Technician — $63,855 Construction Management — $64,851 Mechanical Engineering — $64,990 Aerospace Engineering — $65,029

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Electrical & Electronic Engineering Technology: the questions people ask

How much do Electrical & Electronic Engineering Technology graduates earn?
The median bachelor's graduate earns $61,702 two years after finishing (weighting each programme by how many students it graduates), across 61 US programmes that publish the figure. One year out it is $60,951.
Is a Electrical & Electronic Engineering Technology degree worth it?
Yes — graduates earn more than most majors at this level. The median graduate earns $22,182 a year more than a US worker whose highest qualification is a high-school diploma.
What is the salary range for Electrical & Electronic Engineering Technology?
Half of US programmes report medians between $53,358 and $63,749. Where you study moves this figure more than most applicants expect.
How many people graduate in Electrical & Electronic Engineering Technology each year?
About 1,362 students complete a bachelor's in this field each year across 139 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 Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians (CIP 1503). 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.