Bachelor's · earnings grade

Is a Quality Control degree worth it?

Graduates earn a median $66,969 two years after finishing, more than 82% of bachelor's majors. Measured across 31 US programmes by the Department of Education — real graduate pay, not survey answers.

A

The verdict on the money

Yes, on the money — this is one of the best-paying majors at this level in the country.

Median earnings $66,969 2 years after finishing · per graduate
Typical range $56,776–$60,213 middle half of US programmes
Over no degree +$27,449 vs $39,520 high-school median
Graduates a year 1,482 31 programmes

Where a Quality Control degree pays best US programmes ranked on their own graduates' median earnings two years out.

#University1 yr out2 yrs out3 yrs outGraduates/yr
1 Eastern Kentucky University cost & debt at this university → $67,935 $69,338 $78,046 101
2 Columbia Southern University cost & debt at this university → $68,385 $67,304 $72,485 521
3 Murray State University cost & debt at this university → $65,448 $66,969 $69,761 48
4 Central Washington University cost & debt at this university → $68,024 $65,486 $79,944 21
5 Southeastern Louisiana University cost & debt at this university → $40,400 $61,516 $64,187 22
6 Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania cost & debt at this university → $61,310 $60,213 $70,161 176
7 Jacksonville State University cost & debt at this university → $66,518 $59,846 not published 30
8 University of Wisconsin-Whitewater cost & debt at this university → $60,418 $59,485 $63,878 39
9 Indiana University of Pennsylvania cost & debt at this university → $64,115 $59,402 $70,011 44
10 Fairmont State University cost & debt at this university → not published $59,169 not published 16
11 University of Houston-Downtown cost & debt at this university → $45,074 $58,673 $62,848 17
12 Grand Valley State University cost & debt at this university → $57,039 $58,479 $69,240 22

What this figure does and does not tell you

Two medians are worth separating. $66,969 is what the typical graduate earns — each programme counted in proportion to how many students it graduates. $59,286 is what the typical programme reports, counting a class of twenty the same as a class of two thousand. The weighted figure is higher here, which means the larger programmes in this field are the better-paying 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 $42,682, so Quality Control sits above the middle by $24,287.

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.

Quality Control at other levels

Master's — $76,460 (C)

Scholarships for Quality Control students

Whatever the subject pays, the money you do not borrow is the money you keep.

DAAD Masters Degree Scholarships for International Students in...
See all Quality Control scholarships →

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

Engineering Physics — $60,171 Civil Engineering — $60,523 Nuclear Engineering — $60,899 Engineering Science — $61,365 Engineering — $61,516 Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians — $61,702

Need a student loan for Quality Control students?

Tell us what you need and we will come back with the lenders that actually fund students from your country — including options with no US co-signer. No obligation, and we never charge you.

Free for students. We are not a lender and give no financial advice — we pass your request to partners and may be paid by them if you go ahead. One request per person per service; sending it again simply updates what we hold.

Quality Control: the questions people ask

How much do Quality Control graduates earn?
The median bachelor's graduate earns $66,969 two years after finishing (weighting each programme by how many students it graduates), across 18 US programmes that publish the figure. One year out it is $61,310.
Is a Quality Control degree worth it?
Yes, on the money — this is one of the best-paying majors at this level in the country. The median graduate earns $27,449 a year more than a US worker whose highest qualification is a high-school diploma.
What is the salary range for Quality Control?
Half of US programmes report medians between $56,776 and $60,213. Where you study moves this figure more than most applicants expect.
How many people graduate in Quality Control each year?
About 1,482 students complete a bachelor's in this field each year across 31 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.
All degree grades Highest paying majors Most popular majors University costs & payback

Classified by the Department of Education as Quality Control and Safety Technologies/Technicians (CIP 1507). 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.