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Highest earning electrical, electronics, and communications engineering programs in the United States
U.S. electrical, electronics, and communications engineering programs, ranked by median earnings one year after completion, from the College Scorecard field-of-study file (September 18, 2026). Only programs with at least 30 counted graduates in the earnings sample are shown, and at least 5 programs must qualify for this list to exist.
| Rank | School | City | Sector | Median earnings, 1 year after | Graduates counted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $139,337 | 51 |
| 2 | University of California-Berkeley | Berkeley | Public, 4-year | $137,295 | 208 |
| 3 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $117,345 | 61 |
| 4 | Cornell University | Ithaca | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $100,516 | 61 |
| 5 | The University of Texas at Austin | Austin | Public, 4-year | $96,997 | 278 |
| 6 | Northeastern University | Boston | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $92,222 | 86 |
| 7 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | San Luis Obispo | Public, 4-year | $90,576 | 124 |
| 8 | Stevens Institute of Technology | Hoboken | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $90,136 | 39 |
| 9 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Worcester | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $89,897 | 81 |
| 10 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | Ann Arbor | Public, 4-year | $87,606 | 77 |
| 11 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | Atlanta | Public, 4-year | $86,865 | 104 |
| 12 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | Champaign | Public, 4-year | $86,483 | 133 |
| 13 | Kettering University | Flint | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $86,360 | 39 |
| 14 | University of Houston | Houston | Public, 4-year | $86,136 | 93 |
| 15 | University of Notre Dame | Notre Dame | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $85,861 | 31 |
| 16 | University of Maryland-College Park | College Park | Public, 4-year | $85,500 | 105 |
| 17 | University of Missouri-Columbia | Columbia | Public, 4-year | $85,400 | 59 |
| 18 | University of California-Los Angeles | Los Angeles | Public, 4-year | $85,369 | 90 |
| 19 | University of Florida | Gainesville | Public, 4-year | $85,243 | 141 |
| 20 | Iowa State University | Ames | Public, 4-year | $84,913 | 105 |
| 21 | Arizona State University | Tempe | Public, 4-year | $84,706 | 285 |
| 22 | Purdue University-Main Campus | West Lafayette | Public, 4-year | $84,300 | 126 |
| 23 | Michigan State University | East Lansing | Public, 4-year | $83,874 | 99 |
| 24 | University of Rochester | Rochester | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $83,705 | 46 |
Earnings cover federally aided graduates only, as published by College Scorecard.
How to read this. A smaller program can show a high or low figure from just a few graduates, and this earnings figure only ever covers students who received federal aid, so it does not describe every graduate.
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