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Best Colleges for Electrical Engineering, by Earnings

351 of the colleges we track award a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, about 15,253 degrees a year. Across the 239 that report earnings, graduates make a median of $99,172 four years after finishing.

Rank	College	State	Median earnings, 4 years out	Degrees a year	Acceptance rate
1	Carnegie Mellon University	PA	$250,168	157	11.7%
2	University of California-Berkeley	CA	$200,543	480	11%
3	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	MA	$161,118	87	4.5%
4	Cornell University	NY	$147,241	100	8.8%
5	University of Texas at Austin	TX	$146,003	342	26.6%
6	Columbia University	NY	$143,332	31	4%
7	The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art	NY	$139,068	26	20.7%
8	Rice University	TX	$136,656	15	8%
9	University of Southern California	CA	$131,532	6	9.8%
10	University of California-Los Angeles	CA	$126,209	128	9%
11	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	CA	$125,240	159	31.3%
12	University of California-Santa Cruz	CA	$118,290	30	65.8%
13	University of California-San Diego	CA	$118,150	189	26.7%
14	Northeastern University	MA	$118,150	88	5.2%
15	New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology	NM	$117,813	18	44.5%
16	University of Michigan	MI	$117,610	96	15.6%
17	Villanova University	PA	$117,229	26	27%
18	University of California-Santa Barbara	CA	$117,215	58	33%
19	University of Washington	WA	$116,010	227	39.1%
20	University of Washington-Bothell Campus	WA	$116,010	53	90.6%
21	University of Washington-Tacoma Campus	WA	$116,010	37	82.5%
22	Prairie View A & M University	TX	$115,939	16	79.3%
23	University of Colorado Colorado Springs	CO	$113,627	27	97.4%
24	University of Notre Dame	IN	$112,828	60	11.3%
25	Sonoma State University	CA	$112,757	20	93.4%
26	San Francisco State University	CA	$112,454	32	96.4%
27	Stevens Institute of Technology	NJ	$112,047	32	47.6%
28	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	IL	$111,783	184	42.4%
29	Georgia Institute of Technology	GA	$111,655	145	14.1%
30	Seattle University	WA	$111,410	9	76.9%
31	University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus	CO	$110,754	36	74.7%
32	University of San Diego	CA	$110,314	28	52.4%
33	Kettering University	MI	$109,977	53	78.7%
34	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	MA	$109,386	77	60.2%
35	Lehigh University	PA	$108,503	24	25.9%
36	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	NJ	$108,296	289	58.1%
37	California State University-Fresno	CA	$108,038	12	95.3%
38	University of Maryland	MD	$107,834	100	44.8%
39	SUNY Maritime College	NY	$107,749	23	72.4%
40	University of Florida	FL	$107,543	122	24.2%
41	Virginia Commonwealth University	VA	$107,487	28	92.6%
42	University of Houston	TX	$107,399	83	73.9%
43	New York University	NY	$107,348	28	7.7%
44	Texas Tech University	TX	$107,110	75	72.7%
45	University of California-Irvine	CA	$106,871	96	28.6%
46	Marquette University	WI	$106,686	22	81.3%
47	San Diego State University	CA	$106,416	101	36.2%
48	University of North Dakota	ND	$106,162	38	76.9%
49	Gonzaga University	WA	$106,155	12	81.7%
50	University of Rhode Island	RI	$106,153	32	72.2%
51	Mississippi State University	MS	$106,039	83	77.6%
52	Colorado School of Mines	CO	$106,012	80	60.7%
53	University of Portland	OR	$105,859	13	89.2%
54	University of Arizona	AZ	$105,839	92	86.1%
55	University of Michigan-Dearborn	MI	$105,446	126	55.6%
56	Purdue University	IN	$105,396	174	49.9%
57	Oregon State University	OR	$105,359	109	77.3%
58	Oregon State University-Cascades Campus	OR	$105,359	4	63.1%
59	University of Rochester	NY	$105,183	55	40.1%
60	University of Missouri	MO	$105,034	41	78.5%
61	Virginia Tech	VA	$104,839	111	54.8%
62	Arizona State University	AZ	$104,757	195	89.9%
63	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	NY	$104,596	69	63.5%
64	The University of Texas at Dallas	TX	$104,448	130	65.1%
65	Washington State University	WA	$104,354	71	86.6%
66	Rowan University	NJ	$104,215	84	77.7%
67	University of New Hampshire	NH	$104,067	14	88.2%
68	California State University-Northridge	CA	$104,065	67	93.5%
69	California State Polytechnic University-Pomona	CA	$103,924	127	75.2%
70	Texas A&M University	TX	$103,789	270	57.4%
71	California State University-Sacramento	CA	$103,512	95	94%
72	York College of Pennsylvania	PA	$103,354	6	73.7%
73	California State University-Long Beach	CA	$103,075	113	46.3%
74	George Mason University	VA	$103,074	44	87.5%
75	Lamar University	TX	$103,037	24	86.4%
76	South Dakota State University	SD	$103,018	12	98.3%
77	Drexel University	PA	$102,978	78	79.4%
78	University of California-Riverside	CA	$102,630	58	76.4%
79	University of Pittsburgh	PA	$102,572	48	58.1%
80	University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown	PA	$102,572	8	94.8%
81	University of South Florida	FL	$102,275	89	43.2%
82	North Carolina State University	NC	$102,178	136	41.7%
83	Portland State University	OR	$101,905	57	90.9%
84	Oregon Institute of Technology	OR	$101,534	21	95%
85	University of Massachusetts-Amherst	MA	$101,091	42	59.7%
86	University of Massachusetts-Lowell	MA	$101,054	123	83%
87	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	NE	$100,972	41	87.5%
88	Wayne State University	MI	$100,944	70	81.2%
89	University of Massachusetts-Boston	MA	$100,902	24	83.8%
90	Manhattan University	NY	$100,884	22	78.9%
91	University of Nevada-Las Vegas	NV	$100,765	33	96.2%
92	National University	CA	$100,721	13
93	Boise State University	ID	$100,680	24	87.2%
94	University of Colorado Boulder	CO	$100,631	28	78.1%
95	University of Maine	ME	$100,593	9	96.6%
96	Michigan State University	MI	$100,481	120	84.8%
97	Grand Valley State University	MI	$100,456	19	83%
98	Bradley University	IL	$100,391	13	76.8%
99	University of Alabama in Huntsville	AL	$100,296	60	68.6%
100	University of South Alabama	AL	$100,166	29	71%

Showing the top 100 of 239 colleges that report earnings. 112 more colleges award this degree but have no earnings figure, usually because the program is small.

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Frequently asked questions

Which college has the highest-paid Electrical Engineering graduates?

Carnegie Mellon University ($250,168), University of California-Berkeley ($200,543), Massachusetts Institute of Technology ($161,118), Cornell University ($147,241), University of Texas at Austin ($146,003) report the highest median earnings four years after graduation.

How much do Electrical Engineering majors make?

The median across 239 colleges is $99,172 four years after graduation. By college it runs from $60,940 to $250,168.

Which colleges have the biggest Electrical Engineering programs?

By bachelor's degrees awarded in a year: University of California-Berkeley (480), University of Texas at Austin (342), Rutgers University-New Brunswick (289), Texas A&M University (270), University of Washington (227).

Does a higher-earning program mean a better program?

Not on its own. Earnings reflect where graduates live, what jobs they take, and who enrolled in the first place, as well as the teaching. The figures cover only graduates who received federal financial aid, and small programs are left out, so a college missing from this list may still have a strong department.

Source: College Scorecard, Most Recent Data by Field of Study (U.S. Department of Education), 2026-06-10 release, federal program category "Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering". Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal financial aid, working and not enrolled, four years after a bachelor's degree.