Highest Earning Bachelor's Engineering Programs

These are the highest earning bachelor's engineering programs, ranked by median earnings. The ranking includes 50 programs, with Carnegie Mellon University leading at $250,168.

Rank	Institution	Program	State	Earnings	Completers
1	Carnegie Mellon University	Electrical Engineering	PA	$250,168	157
2	University of California-Los Angeles	Computer Engineering	CA	$228,705	62
3	University of California-Berkeley	Electrical Engineering	CA	$200,543	480
4	Columbia University in the City of New York	Computer Engineering	NY	$194,365	28
5	Duke University	Computer Engineering	NC	$174,522	110
6	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	Computer Engineering	WA	$169,570	40
7	University of Washington-Bothell Campus	Computer Engineering	WA	$169,570	20
8	University of Washington-Tacoma Campus	Computer Engineering	WA	$169,570	9
9	Columbia University in the City of New York	Operations Research	NY	$167,572	50
10	University of Southern California	Computer Engineering	CA	$166,369	34
11	Santa Clara University	Computer Engineering	CA	$163,765	83
12	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Electrical Engineering	MA	$161,118	87
13	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	Computer Engineering	IL	$159,855	396
14	Bucknell University	Computer Engineering	PA	$156,885	35
15	University of Maryland-College Park	Computer Engineering	MD	$152,422	104
16	Cornell University	Operations Research	NY	$151,709	73
17	University of California-San Diego	Computer Engineering	CA	$149,139	174
18	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	Computer Engineering	CA	$148,950	129
19	University of Virginia-Main Campus	Computer Engineering	VA	$148,175	58
20	Cornell University	Electrical Engineering	NY	$147,241	100
21	The University of Texas at Austin	Electrical Engineering	TX	$146,003	342
22	University of California-Davis	Computer Engineering	CA	$145,422	102
23	University of Tulsa	Petroleum Engineering	OK	$145,353	20
24	University of Virginia-Main Campus	Systems Engineering	VA	$144,830	69
25	University of California-Santa Barbara	Computer Engineering	CA	$144,703	58
26	Columbia University in the City of New York	Electrical Engineering	NY	$143,332	31
27	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	Computer Engineering	MI	$142,071	104
28	The University of Texas at Austin	Petroleum Engineering	TX	$139,867	67
29	Texas Tech University	Petroleum Engineering	TX	$139,864	37
30	The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art	Electrical Engineering	NY	$139,068	26
31	University of California-Berkeley	Operations Research	CA	$138,883	63
32	Northwestern University	Industrial Engineering	IL	$138,720	62
33	Maine Maritime Academy	Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering	ME	$137,352	24
34	Rice University	Electrical Engineering	TX	$136,656	15
35	Northeastern University	Computer Engineering	MA	$135,416	132
36	Boston University	Computer Engineering	MA	$135,394	99
37	Franklin W Olin College of Engineering	Engineering	MA	$135,136	39
38	Brigham Young University	Computer Engineering	UT	$133,111	81
39	University of California-Irvine	Computer Engineering	CA	$132,357	243
40	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Mechanical Engineering	MA	$131,967	141
41	University of Southern California	Electrical Engineering	CA	$131,532	6
42	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus	Computer Engineering	GA	$128,497	157
43	Cornell University	Engineering	NY	$128,207	7
44	University of Florida	Computer Engineering	FL	$128,140	90
45	Stony Brook University	Computer Engineering	NY	$128,038	60
46	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus	Industrial Engineering	GA	$128,003	346
47	New York University	Computer Engineering	NY	$127,201	50
48	Texas A&M University-College Station	Computer Engineering	TX	$127,042	163
49	University of Pennsylvania	Biomedical Engineering	PA	$126,419	44
50	California State University Maritime Academy	Mechanical Engineering	CA	$126,395	19

Methodology

Programs ranked by highest earning. Only includes bachelor's programs in CIP family 14 (Engineering) with at least 10 completers. Data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.