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Pick a major, a degree level and a state. You get what graduates of each college's program earned four years after graduating and what they borrowed in federal loans, from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, with the national median for the same program as the yardstick.

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Engineering, associate's programs nationwide

Nationally, associate's graduates in Engineering earn a median $72,916 four years after graduating. Among 19 programs with federal earnings data, Austin Community College District (TX) graduates had the highest median, $88,366 (2017-19 graduates, measured 2022-23, College Scorecard).

Programs with data
19
Highest median
$88,366
National median
$72,916
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Engineering, associate's programs nationwide: median earnings four years after graduating and median federal debt, in order of earnings.
CollegeStateMedian earnings, 4 yrs aftervs national medianDebt borrowed at this college (median)Add to the side-by-side comparison
Austin Community College DistrictTX$88,366+21%$7,113Compare
Tulsa Community CollegeOK$81,685+12%$10,000Compare
Chattanooga State Community CollegeTN$81,335+12%$13,125Compare
Northern Virginia Community CollegeVA$81,069+11%$9,282Compare
Monroe Community CollegeNY$80,039+10%$8,250Compare
Delaware County Community CollegePA$79,850+10%—Compare
Wake Technical Community CollegeNC$79,575+9%—
Tidewater Community CollegeVA$76,492+5%$9,004Compare
Hudson Valley Community CollegeNY$73,204about the same$9,935Compare
Northwest Vista CollegeTX$73,123about the same—Compare
Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester CampusFigure covers 2 campusesNJ$72,502about the same—Compare
Ozarks Technical Community CollegeMO$72,033about the same—
Quinsigamond Community CollegeMA$72,003about the same$11,834Compare
Sinclair Community CollegeOH$68,935−5%$7,516Compare
Bristol Community CollegeMA$65,476−10%—
South Texas CollegeTX$63,940−12%—Compare
UCNJ Union College of Union County NJNJ$62,622−14%—Compare
CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community CollegeNY$58,375−20%—Compare
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community CollegeMS$51,527−29%—

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Earnings: graduates of 2017-18 and 2018-19, earnings measured in 2022 and 2023, in 2024 dollars. Only programs with at least 30 graduates in the earnings cohort are listed, and a multi-state system whose figure pools campuses in several states is left out of state lists. Median earnings of graduates who received federal student aid, worked, and were not enrolled in school; debt is the median federal loans borrowed at this college by graduates who borrowed (Direct Subsidized, Unsubsidized and Grad PLUS; not Parent PLUS, private loans or interest). Programs with too few graduates are suppressed by the Department of Education. Federal program group: Engineering, General. Earnings reflect who enrolls and where graduates work as well as the program itself.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field-of-study data, 10 June 2026. Download every program (CSV).