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Best Colleges for Engineering, General

Ranked by 5-year median salary · Bachelor's degree · 25 institutions with data

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# Institution State Year 1 Year 5 Median Year 10 PP Adjusted
1 SUNY Maritime College NY $94,389 $135,613 $134,767 $102,737
2 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL $78,000 $106,887 $143,049 $116,435
3 McNeese State University LA $76,649 $105,976 $144,186 $114,817
4 Hampton University VA $75,391 $101,089 $116,180 $98,623
5 Arizona State University AZ $71,411 $97,341 $115,337 $91,400
6 Colorado School of Mines CO $72,709 $97,047 $120,806 $92,338
7 Purdue University Northwest IN $69,154 $97,009 $121,889 $107,311
8 University of Hartford CT $75,525 $96,190 $122,445 $83,426
9 James Madison University VA $70,078 $94,450 $127,993 $92,146
10 College of Staten Island/CUNY NY $62,360 $94,100 $122,926 $71,288
11 Olivet Nazarene University IL $71,367 $93,995 $110,768 $102,391
12 State University of New York at Stony Brook NY $63,254 $93,789 $121,020 $71,052
13 Montana Technological University MT $73,683 $92,357 $111,922 $88,720
14 North Carolina State University NC $71,184 $90,815 $105,599 $92,858
15 University of Cincinnati OH $72,709 $90,718 $115,147 $100,686
16 Texas Tech University TX $65,986 $90,181 $91,987 $97,916
17 East Carolina University NC $66,537 $89,598 $114,157 $91,613
18 University of Southern Indiana IN $68,419 $88,779 $111,311 $98,207
19 Western Carolina University NC $63,563 $88,474 $90,464
20 University of Virginia VA $61,273 $87,772 $119,554 $85,631

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Data sources: US Census Bureau Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes (PSEO). Cost-of-living index: BLS Regional CPI & MIT Living Wage Project. Cost of attendance: IPEDS. For informational use only; data may be suppressed for small cohort sizes.