Highest Earning Doctoral Engineering Programs

These are the highest earning doctoral engineering programs, ranked by median earnings. The ranking includes 15 programs, with Stanford University leading at $231,917.

Rank	Institution	Program	State	Earnings	Completers
1	Stanford University	Electrical Engineering	CA	$231,917	72
2	Stanford University	Mechanical Engineering	CA	$218,808	42
3	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Electrical Engineering	MA	$214,070	52
4	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Chemical Engineering	MA	$184,436	36
5	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Biomedical Engineering	MA	$167,374	46
6	University of Delaware	Chemical Engineering	DE	$161,693	29
7	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus	Biomedical Engineering	PA	$158,761	20
8	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	Mechanical Engineering	MI	$147,335	42
9	Texas A&M University-College Station	Nuclear Engineering	TX	$146,422	18
10	University of New Mexico-Main Campus	Engineering	NM	$143,361	35
11	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus	Aerospace Engineering	GA	$134,630	37
12	University of Florida	Materials Engineering	FL	$128,018	11
13	Emory University	Biomedical Engineering	GA	$119,953	27
14	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	Engineering, Other	TN	$113,720	6
15	University of Florida	Mechanical Engineering	FL	$106,068	16

Methodology

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