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title: Is an Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians degree worth the debt?
cip: 1503
source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard — Field of Study (2026-06-10 release)
sourceId: src:doe:college-scorecard:field-of-study:2026-06-10
---

# Is an Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians degree worth the debt?

Leading with the **Bachelor's**, across **47** colleges (47 of 47 programs report earnings):

- **Median pay, 1 year after completion:** $60,951 ($61,702 at 2 years)
- **Median federal debt:** $27,458 (federal loans only)
- **Debt-to-earnings:** 0.47× a first year's pay
- **Across-college spread (middle 50%):** $57,979–$64,381 — the program you choose moves the number this much.


**How to read this:** these are MEDIANS across college programs, measured **1–2 years after completion** (early career, graduates only) — NOT lifetime earnings, and NOT comparable to a college's 10-years-after-entry figure. They cover **federally-aided completers at programs large enough to report**; small programs are suppressed. A field median is not a prediction of your outcome, not causal (who enters a field differs by field), and **not a "best majors" ranking** — earnings are one dimension of worth. Verify by field at the official College Scorecard (https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/).

## By degree level

| Level | Pay (1yr) | Federal debt | Debt/pay | Colleges | Programs reporting |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Certificate | $37,832 | $12,965 | 0.46× | 9 | 9/9 |
| Associate's | $48,281 | $21,178 | 0.48× | 53 | 53/53 |
| Bachelor's | $60,951 | $27,458 | 0.47× | 47 | 47/47 |

## Where an Bachelor's in this field reports the highest early-career pay

Reflects who enrolls and where, not causal program quality.

| College | Pay (1yr) | Federal debt |
| --- | --- | --- |
| California State University-Chico (CA) | $71,244 | $18,822 |
| Wayne State University (MI) | $70,278 | $23,167 |
| University of Arkansas Grantham (AR) | $69,988 | $27,835 |
| Rochester Institute of Technology (NY) | $69,599 | $27,250 |
| University of Maine (ME) | $69,464 | $27,000 |
| Indiana University-Indianapolis (IN) | $68,233 | — |
| Ferris State University (MI) | $67,507 | — |
| Texas A&M University-College Station (TX) | $66,830 | $24,937 |
| Purdue University-Main Campus (IN) | $65,987 | $23,239 |
| New England Institute of Technology (RI) | $65,300 | $27,667 |
| University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus (PA) | $65,110 | — |
| Purdue University Northwest (IN) | $65,086 | $26,000 |
| Kennesaw State University (GA) | $63,676 | $29,375 |
| Southern Illinois University-Carbondale (IL) | $63,059 | — |
| Wentworth Institute of Technology (MA) | $62,330 | — |

RECORDED College Scorecard figures + one DERIVED ratio (debt-to-earnings). Informs and compares; not advice on what to major in. Each college's full record: `/education/<slug>`.

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