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title: Is an Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians degree worth the debt?
cip: 4701
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/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians degree worth the debt?

Leading with the **Certificate**, across **44** colleges (44 of 44 programs report earnings):

- **Median pay, 1 year after completion:** $26,054 ($29,050 at 2 years)
- **Median federal debt:** $8,474 (federal loans only)
- **Debt-to-earnings:** 0.30× a first year's pay
- **Across-college spread (middle 50%):** $22,042–$32,518 — 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 | $26,054 | $8,474 | 0.30× | 44 | 44/44 |
| Associate's | $43,343 | $14,348 | 0.36× | 27 | 27/27 |

## Where an Certificate in this field reports the highest early-career pay

Reflects who enrolls and where, not causal program quality.

| College | Pay (1yr) | Federal debt |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Highlands College of Montana Tech (MT) | $61,217 | $2,750 |
| Montana Technological University (MT) | $61,217 | $2,750 |
| Ranken Technical College (MO) | $45,439 | $14,250 |
| Perry Technical Institute (WA) | $45,404 | $16,830 |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Pulaski (TN) | $41,192 | — |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Shelbyville (TN) | $38,035 | — |
| CET-San Jose (CA) | $36,909 | $8,347 |
| Stautzenberger College-Maumee (OH) | $35,543 | — |
| Mountainland Technical College (UT) | $35,403 | — |
| Alaska Vocational Technical Center (AK) | $35,350 | — |
| South Florida Institute of Technology (FL) | $33,719 | $9,374 |
| Motoring Technical Training Institute (MA) | $32,118 | $5,500 |
| Gwinnett Technical College (GA) | $31,538 | — |
| College of Business and Technology (FL) | $31,014 | $8,600 |
| Porter & Chester Institute of Hamden (CT) | $30,739 | $14,120 |

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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