Median Starting Salaries (by Institution): Electrical Engineering
Salary (by major) data was collected from the U.S. Department of Education’s (USDOE) College Scorecard platform and indicates the median salary of an institution’s graduates two years after receiving their bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, along with the number of graduates per institution for which the USDOE has salary data. Since the USDOE focuses only on early-career salaries, we limit the salary tables on our Dataverse to “pre-professional” majors where students are more likely to pursue employment immediately after graduation (e.g., as opposed to attending graduate school) and within their undergraduate field of study.
*Note that the USDOE is not able to disclose salary data by major for all institutions offering a major in this area. For example, if a group of individuals within a certain institution is too small, the USDOE must suppress salary data in order to prevent identification of the group’s individuals.
Table Updated December 2023
| Institution | #Graduates | Median Starting Salary | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 110635 | University of California-Berkeley | 122 | $128,868 | UC Berkeley; UCB |
| 166683 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 55 | $121,226 | MIT |
| 211440 | Carnegie Mellon University | 57 | $114,223 | CMU |
| 190415 | Cornell University | 40 | $92,277 | |
| 170675 | Lawrence Technological University | 12 | $84,653 | |
| 168148 | Tufts University | 12 | $84,653 | |
| 243744 | Stanford University | 12 | $84,653 | |
| 110662 | University of California-Los Angeles | 74 | $83,915 | UCLA |
| 170976 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 66 | $82,123 | UMich |
| 123961 | University of Southern California | 53 | $80,567 | USC |
| 228778 | The University of Texas at Austin | 209 | $80,550 | UT; UT Austin |
| 131520 | Howard University | 13 | $80,041 | |
| 162928 | Johns Hopkins University | 17 | $79,653 | JHU |
| 110422 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 92 | $79,647 | |
| 172644 | Wayne State University | 39 | $79,473 | |
| 169983 | Kettering University | 25 | $78,612 | |
| 171571 | Oakland University | 47 | $78,488 | |
| 172051 | Saginaw Valley State University | 17 | $78,343 | |
| 171137 | University of Michigan-Dearborn | 48 | $77,464 | UMich Dearborn |
| 186867 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 26 | $77,213 | Stevens Tech |
| 171100 | Michigan State University | 71 | $77,115 | MSU |
| 228723 | Texas A & M University-College Station | 148 | $77,062 | |
| 167358 | Northeastern University | 57 | $76,773 | |
| 194824 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 82 | $76,460 | RPI |
| 200280 | University of North Dakota | 35 | $76,460 | UND |
| 142276 | Idaho State University | 12 | $76,460 | ISU |
| 441982 | Franklin W Olin College of Engineering | 15 | $76,460 | |
| 171128 | Michigan Technological University | 109 | $75,989 | |
| 100751 | The University of Alabama | 48 | $75,832 | |
| 122436 | University of San Diego | 20 | $75,706 | USD |
| 206084 | University of Toledo | 39 | $75,623 | |
| 152080 | University of Notre Dame | 29 | $75,518 | UND |
| 134130 | University of Florida | 107 | $75,405 | UF |
| 142115 | Boise State University | 34 | $75,047 | |
| 223232 | Baylor University | 32 | $75,047 | |
| 190150 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 17 | $74,953 | |
| 105330 | Northern Arizona University | 41 | $74,890 | NAU |
| 219356 | South Dakota State University | 15 | $74,576 | SDSU |
| 152600 | Valparaiso University | 32 | $74,576 | |
| 234076 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 15 | $74,576 | UVA |
| 204796 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 183 | $74,576 | OSU |
| 225511 | University of Houston | 56 | $74,576 | UH |
| 216597 | Villanova University | 20 | $74,576 | |
| 176080 | Mississippi State University | 49 | $74,405 | MSU |
| 169248 | Central Michigan University | 21 | $74,367 | |
| 152318 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 45 | $74,341 | RHIT |
| 186380 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 68 | $74,063 | RU |
| 139755 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 176 | $73,992 | Georgia Tech |
| 161253 | University of Maine | 17 | $73,737 | |
| 122755 | San Jose State University | 53 | $73,720 | SJSU |
| 145637 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 125 | $73,707 | UIUC |
| 188030 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 25 | $73,635 | NMSU |
| 172699 | Western Michigan University | 38 | $73,562 | |
| 229115 | Texas Tech University | 50 | $73,530 | |
| 179159 | Saint Louis University | 13 | $73,446 | SLU |
| 178411 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 108 | $73,358 | MUST |
| 153603 | Iowa State University | 96 | $73,321 | ISU |
| 195030 | University of Rochester | 22 | $73,321 | UR |
| 110608 | California State University-Northridge | 44 | $73,070 | |
| 209542 | Oregon State University | 93 | $73,035 | OSU |
| 221740 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 32 | $72,883 | UTC |
| 236939 | Washington State University | 127 | $72,881 | WSU |
| 184782 | Rowan University | 39 | $72,742 | |
| 178420 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 44 | $72,714 | |
| 104179 | University of Arizona | 70 | $72,699 | |
| 217484 | University of Rhode Island | 39 | $72,693 | URI |
| 168421 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 89 | $72,507 | WPI |
| 231174 | University of Vermont | 18 | $72,325 | UVM |
| 213543 | Lehigh University | 26 | $72,168 | |
| 110705 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 51 | $72,134 | UCSB: UC Santa Barbara |
| 126614 | University of Colorado Boulder | 22 | $71,957 | CU Boulder |
| 218663 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 45 | $71,854 | USC |
| 126818 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 36 | $71,778 | CSU |
| 163286 | University of Maryland-College Park | 75 | $71,761 | UMD |
| 155399 | Kansas State University | 24 | $71,734 | KSU |
| 174914 | University of St Thomas | 23 | $71,686 | |
| 213385 | Lafayette College | 19 | $71,575 | |
| 209807 | Portland State University | 34 | $71,575 | |
| 185828 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 69 | $71,495 | NJIT |
| 236595 | Seattle University | 44 | $71,473 | |
| 195003 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 99 | $71,351 | RIT |
| 168227 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 24 | $71,351 | WIT |
| 230038 | Brigham Young University | 47 | $71,351 | BYU |
| 180416 | Montana Technological University | 14 | $71,015 | |
| 131283 | The Catholic University of America | 11 | $71,015 | |
| 178402 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 45 | $71,015 | UMKC |
| 377555 | University of Washington-Bothell Campus | 175 | $70,961 | UW |
| 377564 | University of Washington-Tacoma Campus | 175 | $70,961 | UW |
| 236948 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 175 | $70,961 | UW |
| 129020 | University of Connecticut | 58 | $70,917 | UConn |
| 126775 | Colorado School of Mines | 53 | $70,886 | |
| 233921 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 97 | $70,863 | Virginia Tech; Va Tech |
| 164988 | Boston University | 33 | $70,829 | BU |
| 143358 | Bradley University | 24 | $70,680 | |
| 181464 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 35 | $70,680 | UNL |
| 145600 | University of Illinois Chicago | 133 | $70,610 | UIC |
| 206695 | Youngstown State University | 31 | $70,596 | |
| 110617 | California State University-Sacramento | 88 | $70,596 | |
| 200800 | University of Akron Main Campus | 55 | $70,558 | |
| 100663 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 26 | $70,456 | |
| 202480 | University of Dayton | 26 | $70,456 | |
| 182281 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 25 | $70,296 | UNLV |
| 221847 | Tennessee Technological University | 45 | $70,296 | |
| 209825 | University of Portland | 39 | $70,296 | |
| 212054 | Drexel University | 82 | $70,270 | |
| 157951 | Western Kentucky University | 19 | $70,009 | WKU |
| 190044 | Clarkson University | 42 | $70,009 | |
| 227526 | Prairie View A & M University | 37 | $70,009 | |
| 110556 | California State University-Fresno | 29 | $70,009 | |
| 174783 | Saint Cloud State University | 30 | $70,009 | |
| 110529 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 126 | $69,930 | |
| 183044 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 35 | $69,897 | UNH |
| 122409 | San Diego State University | 42 | $69,757 | SDSU |
| 153658 | University of Iowa | 72 | $69,657 | UI |
| 110680 | University of California-San Diego | 123 | $69,606 | UCSD; UC San Diego |
| 104151 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 124 | $69,505 | ASU |
| 235316 | Gonzaga University | 26 | $69,338 | |
| 110714 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 34 | $69,338 | UCSC; UC Santa Cruz |
| 156125 | Wichita State University | 34 | $69,338 | |
| 228802 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 32 | $69,338 | UT |
| 187985 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 30 | $69,338 | UNM |
| 243780 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 36 | $69,338 | |
| 155317 | University of Kansas | 17 | $69,338 | KU |
| 221759 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 34 | $69,338 | UTK |
| 166629 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 37 | $69,338 | UMass Amherst |
| 126580 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 25 | $69,338 | |
| 234030 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 29 | $69,338 | VCU |
| 133881 | Florida Institute of Technology | 19 | $69,338 | FIT |
| 199193 | North Carolina State University at Raleigh | 79 | $69,140 | NC State; NCSU |
| 228787 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 79 | $69,098 | UT; UT Dallas |
| 196079 | Binghamton University | 42 | $69,002 | SUNY Binghamton |
| 159391 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 46 | $68,965 | LSU |
| 201885 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 23 | $68,965 | Cincy |
| 174066 | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | 90 | $68,943 | UMN |
| 215293 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 57 | $68,918 | |
| 134097 | Florida State University | 46 | $68,918 | FSU |
| 228459 | Texas State University | 58 | $68,858 | |
| 106397 | University of Arkansas | 44 | $68,778 | |
| 157289 | University of Louisville | 22 | $68,778 | UL |
| 157085 | University of Kentucky | 43 | $68,666 | UK |
| 216339 | Temple University | 47 | $68,592 | |
| 239105 | Marquette University | 32 | $68,592 | |
| 145725 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 39 | $68,499 | IIT |
| 206941 | University of Central Oklahoma | 11 | $68,499 | |
| 207388 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 13 | $68,499 | |
| 214777 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 465 | $68,477 | PSU; Penn State |
| 240444 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 58 | $68,379 | UW Madison |
| 239318 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 74 | $68,316 | MSOE |
| 196291 | SUNY Maritime College | 31 | $68,219 | |
| 204635 | Ohio Northern University | 16 | $68,219 | |
| 204857 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 24 | $68,219 | OU |
| 102094 | University of South Alabama | 28 | $68,219 | |
| 192703 | Manhattan College | 23 | $68,219 | |
| 196176 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 19 | $68,219 | |
| 201645 | Case Western Reserve University | 23 | $68,219 | CWRU |
| 187134 | The College of New Jersey | 19 | $68,219 | TCNJ |
| 227216 | University of North Texas | 32 | $68,219 | UNT |
| 228705 | Texas A & M University-Kingsville | 31 | $68,079 | |
| 237950 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 50 | $67,995 | |
| 129941 | University of New Haven | 21 | $67,995 | |
| 238032 | West Virginia University | 50 | $67,995 | WVU |
| 240453 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 46 | $67,812 | |
| 137351 | University of South Florida | 88 | $67,772 | USF |
| 204024 | Miami University-Oxford | 14 | $67,660 | |
| 207500 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 44 | $67,660 | |
| 182290 | University of Nevada-Reno | 43 | $67,324 | UNR |
| 110583 | California State University-Long Beach | 85 | $67,287 | |
| 142285 | University of Idaho | 33 | $67,101 | UI |
| 217882 | Clemson University | 77 | $67,101 | |
| 201654 | Cedarville University | 14 | $67,101 | |
| 178396 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 44 | $67,101 | Mizzou |
| 147703 | Northern Illinois University | 68 | $66,989 | NIU |
| 166513 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 59 | $66,989 | UMass Lowell |
| 136172 | University of North Florida | 35 | $66,897 | |
| 228796 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 65 | $66,821 | UT |
| 230764 | University of Utah | 23 | $66,821 | UU |
| 232186 | George Mason University | 69 | $66,756 | |
| 133951 | Florida International University | 110 | $66,653 | FIU |
| 151111 | Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis | 29 | $66,461 | IUPUI |
| 228769 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 68 | $66,461 | UT |
| 200332 | North Dakota State University-Main Campus | 86 | $66,401 | NDSU |
| 122597 | San Francisco State University | 22 | $66,171 | SFSU |
| 232982 | Old Dominion University | 50 | $66,126 | |
| 110671 | University of California-Riverside | 61 | $66,076 | UC Riverside |
| 216852 | Widener University | 19 | $66,029 | |
| 163453 | Morgan State University | 70 | $65,964 | |
| 149222 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 30 | $65,905 | |
| 149231 | Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville | 37 | $65,889 | |
| 202134 | Cleveland State University | 23 | $65,849 | |
| 100858 | Auburn University | 64 | $65,753 | |
| 110565 | California State University-Fullerton | 43 | $65,610 | |
| 110653 | University of California-Irvine | 38 | $65,387 | UCI; UC Irvine |
| 180461 | Montana State University | 36 | $65,387 | |
| 226091 | Lamar University | 27 | $64,773 | |
| 486840 | Kennesaw State University | 61 | $64,659 | |
| 161554 | University of Southern Maine | 15 | $64,493 | |
| 174233 | University of Minnesota-Duluth | 40 | $64,493 | |
| 181394 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16 | $63,997 | |
| 167987 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 24 | $63,997 | UMass Dartmouth |
| 199139 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 49 | $63,898 | UNCC; UNC Charlotte |
| 132903 | University of Central Florida | 55 | $63,817 | UCF |
| 220862 | University of Memphis | 24 | $63,749 | |
| 217864 | Citadel Military College of South Carolina | 63 | $63,692 | |
| 133669 | Florida Atlantic University | 67 | $63,600 | FAU |
| 230728 | Utah State University | 45 | $63,501 | |
| 196866 | Union College | 16 | $63,392 | |
| 235097 | Eastern Washington University | 52 | $63,335 | |
| 139931 | Georgia Southern University | 72 | $63,203 | |
| 240727 | University of Wyoming | 14 | $63,005 | |
| 130943 | University of Delaware | 16 | $63,005 | UDel |
| 229027 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 87 | $62,734 | |
| 206604 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 41 | $62,260 | |
| 194091 | New York Institute of Technology | 24 | $62,012 | NYIT |
| 100706 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 31 | $62,012 | |
| 200004 | Western Carolina University | 13 | $62,012 | WCU |
| 159939 | University of New Orleans | 18 | $61,516 | UNO |
| 193900 | New York University | 41 | $61,516 | NYU |
| 196112 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 16 | $61,516 | |
| 100654 | Alabama A & M University | 29 | $61,303 | |
| 138354 | The University of West Florida | 55 | $61,172 | |
| 133553 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach | 15 | $61,020 | |
| 104586 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott | 15 | $61,020 | |
| 221838 | Tennessee State University | 15 | $61,020 | |
| 141574 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 48 | $60,771 | |
| 209506 | Oregon Institute of Technology | 20 | $60,433 | |
| 190558 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 14 | $59,350 | |
| 110592 | California State University-Los Angeles | 41 | $59,124 | |
| 196088 | University at Buffalo | 46 | $57,860 | |
| 135726 | University of Miami | 14 | $57,318 | UM; UMiami |
| 160658 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 19 | $57,318 | |
| 190567 | CUNY City College | 82 | $57,318 | |
| 227368 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 35 | $55,693 | |
| 211158 | Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania | 15 | $55,512 | |
| 123572 | Sonoma State University | 15 | $54,713 | |
| 228246 | Southern Methodist University | 11 | $54,713 | SMU |
| 160621 | Southern University and A & M College | 11 | $52,107 | |
| 196097 | Stony Brook University | 34 | $49,644 | |
| 106467 | Arkansas Tech University | 28 | $45,808 | |
| 199102 | North Carolina A & T State University | 30 | $44,971 |
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