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Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering.

Master's Degree•217 Institutions

Completers Only: Federal median earnings data strictly reflects outcomes for students who successfully graduated. Students who do not complete their degree typically earn significantly less and face higher risks of debt default.

Annual Full Cost vs. Median Earnings

Each dot represents one program at an institution. Shows the spread of annual sticker price (or net price if sticker price is unavailable) vs earnings 4 years post-grad.

Field Median ($130,769)
P25-P75 Interval ($106,767 - $145,917)
Bachelor's Baseline ($56,938)
Breakeven Line (0% ROI)

These figures are medians for past graduates who received federal aid. Your cost and pay will differ. Run your own numbers in the Guided ROI Interview →

Institution
State
Earnings
Avg Net PriceMedian Debt
Lifetime Value Added
Austin
TX
$219,705
Nat: $133,654
4yr Post-Grad
$18,554
/yr
-
+$1235k
Pittsburgh
PA
$209,847
Nat: $133,654
4yr Post-Grad
$35,780
/yr
$57,062
+$1122k
Cambridge
MA
$199,245
Nat: $133,654
4yr Post-Grad
$14,815
/yr
-
+$1070k
Santa Clara
CA
$196,786
Nat: $133,654
4yr Post-Grad
$50,570
/yr
-
+$984k
Stanford
CA
$181,705
Nat: $133,654
4yr Post-Grad
$12,307
/yr
$41,000
+$925k
Los Angeles
CA
$180,468
Nat: $133,654
4yr Post-Grad
$33,056
/yr
-
+$876k
Los Angeles
CA
$174,798
Nat: $133,654
4yr Post-Grad
$14,659
/yr
$23,666
+$861k
La Jolla
CA
$169,987
Nat: $133,654
4yr Post-Grad
$14,794
/yr
$33,236
+$819k
San Jose
CA
$172,382
Nat: $130,769
5yr Post-Grad
$14,241
/yr
-
+$812k
Boulder
CO
$170,375
Nat: $133,654
4yr Post-Grad
$23,708
/yr
$37,669
+$806k
San Luis Obispo
CA
$158,977
Nat: $133,654
4yr Post-Grad
$18,832
/yr
-
+$717k
Boston
MA
$155,483
Nat: $133,654
4yr Post-Grad
$29,060
/yr
-
+$668k
Ithaca
NY
$156,103
Nat: $133,654
4yr Post-Grad
$33,934
/yr
$62,500
+$665k
New York
NY
$152,001
Nat: $133,654
4yr Post-Grad
$15,370
/yr
-
+$663k
Baltimore
MD
$148,887
Nat: $133,654
4yr Post-Grad
$18,431
/yr
$22,874
+$631k
Houghton
MI
$150,350
Nat: $133,654
5yr Post-Grad
$13,446
/yr
-
+$627k
Seattle
Earnings shared by 2 University of Washington campuses, which report as one program.
WA
$146,735
Nat: $133,654
4yr Post-Grad
$13,663
/yr
$41,166
+$621k
Bothell
Earnings shared by 2 University of Washington campuses, which report as one program.
WA
$146,735
Nat: $133,654
4yr Post-Grad
$13,802
/yr
$41,166
+$621k
Davis
CA
$145,917
Nat: $133,654
4yr Post-Grad
$14,318
/yr
-
+$613k
Tucson
AZ
$146,079
Nat: $133,654
4yr Post-Grad
$17,125
/yr
$20,500
+$609k
Atlanta
GA
$143,627
Nat: $133,654
4yr Post-Grad
$12,028
/yr
$20,775
+$597k
Champaign
IL
$142,725
Nat: $133,654
4yr Post-Grad
$13,042
/yr
-
+$588k
Richardson
TX
$142,523
Nat: $133,654
4yr Post-Grad
$15,271
/yr
-
+$582k
Boston
MA
$149,900
Nat: $133,654
5yr Post-Grad
$36,503
/yr
$60,654
+$581k
Denver
CO
$140,670
Nat: $133,654
4yr Post-Grad
$10,217
/yr
-
+$575k
Chicago
IL
$146,113
Nat: $133,654
5yr Post-Grad
$22,443
/yr
-
+$575k
Pomona
CA
$142,914
Nat: $133,654
5yr Post-Grad
$9,404
/yr
-
+$572k
Portland State University
Portland
OR
$139,274
Nat: $133,654
4yr Post-Grad
$8,337
/yr
-
+$567k
West Lafayette
IN
$137,523
Nat: $133,654
4yr Post-Grad
$14,851
/yr
$25,000
+$540k
Lowell
MA
$137,144
Nat: $133,654
4yr Post-Grad
$17,362
/yr
-
+$532k
Ann Arbor
MI
$136,188
Nat: $133,654
4yr Post-Grad
$14,362
/yr
-
+$529k
Dearborn
MI
$134,543
Nat: $133,654
4yr Post-Grad
$7,863
/yr
-
+$527k
Amherst
MA
$140,240
Nat: $133,654
5yr Post-Grad
$22,857
/yr
-
+$525k
Ames
IA
$136,132
Nat: $133,654
4yr Post-Grad
$18,517
/yr
-
+$521k
Sacramento
CA
$137,236
Nat: $133,654
5yr Post-Grad
$11,186
/yr
-
+$521k
Albuquerque
NM
$136,076
Nat: $133,654
4yr Post-Grad
$19,966
/yr
-
+$518k
Worcester
MA
$139,976
Nat: $133,654
4yr Post-Grad
$43,885
/yr
-
+$508k
Columbus
OH
$134,031
Nat: $133,654
4yr Post-Grad
$17,269
/yr
-
+$505k
New York
NY
$135,852
Nat: $133,654
4yr Post-Grad
$35,737
/yr
-
+$487k
Raleigh
NC
$131,229
Nat: $133,654
4yr Post-Grad
$16,486
/yr
$20,500
+$482k
Rochester Hills
MI
$128,958
Nat: $133,654
4yr Post-Grad
$11,815
/yr
-
+$471k
Madison
WI
$129,743
Nat: $133,654
4yr Post-Grad
$16,600
/yr
-
+$469k
Pittsburgh
PA
$132,129
Nat: $133,654
4yr Post-Grad
$29,362
/yr
-
+$467k
Arizona State University Digital Immersion
Scottsdale
Earnings shared by 2 Arizona State University campuses, which report as one program.
AZ
$127,864
Nat: $133,654
4yr Post-Grad
$11,594
/yr
$26,162
+$462k
Tempe
Earnings shared by 2 Arizona State University campuses, which report as one program.
AZ
$127,864
Nat: $133,654
4yr Post-Grad
$14,694
/yr
$26,162
+$457k
Blacksburg
VA
$130,029
Nat: $133,654
4yr Post-Grad
$25,808
/yr
-
+$455k
Berkeley
CA
$122,038
Nat: $133,654
2yr Post-Grad
$14,538
/yr
-
+$449k
Newark
NJ
$127,494
Nat: $133,654
4yr Post-Grad
$18,783
/yr
-
+$446k
Salt Lake City
UT
$130,769
Nat: $133,654
5yr Post-Grad
$27,314
/yr
-
+$436k
Norman
OK
$125,095
Nat: $133,654
4yr Post-Grad
$15,531
/yr
-
+$431k
Gainesville
FL
$121,478
Nat: $133,654
4yr Post-Grad
$5,969
/yr
$22,000
+$417k
Philadelphia
PA
$127,488
Nat: $133,654
4yr Post-Grad
$37,529
/yr
-
+$412k
Athens
OH
$123,110
Nat: $133,654
4yr Post-Grad
$20,666
/yr
-
+$405k
Los Angeles
CA
$118,058
Nat: $133,654
4yr Post-Grad
$2,385
/yr
-
+$394k
Hoboken
NJ
$123,214
Nat: $133,654
4yr Post-Grad
$37,396
/yr
$20,500
+$375k
Detroit
MI
$115,160
Nat: $133,654
4yr Post-Grad
$11,212
/yr
-
+$353k
Cleveland
OH
$115,285
Nat: $133,654
4yr Post-Grad
$13,754
/yr
-
+$349k
Rochester
NY
$116,674
Nat: $133,654
4yr Post-Grad
$37,232
/yr
-
+$318k
Kansas City
MO
$111,394
Nat: $133,654
4yr Post-Grad
$13,778
/yr
-
+$315k
Indianapolis
IN
$109,536
Nat: $133,654
4yr Post-Grad
$9,479
/yr
-
+$307k
Wright State University-Main Campus
Dayton
OH
$107,832
Nat: $133,654
4yr Post-Grad
$13,715
/yr
-
+$284k
Potsdam
NY
$109,601
Nat: $133,654
4yr Post-Grad
$32,137
/yr
-
+$266k
Dayton
OH
$108,507
Nat: $133,654
4yr Post-Grad
$30,366
/yr
-
+$260k
Bethlehem
PA
$106,767
Nat: $133,654
4yr Post-Grad
$25,272
/yr
-
+$254k
Tampa
FL
$102,978
Nat: $133,654
4yr Post-Grad
$8,648
/yr
-
+$251k
Stony Brook
NY
$104,443
Nat: $133,654
4yr Post-Grad
$18,902
/yr
-
+$245k
Northridge
CA
$95,739
Nat: $133,654
2yr Post-Grad
$6,346
/yr
-
+$226k
Louisville
KY
$100,750
Nat: $133,654
4yr Post-Grad
$14,960
/yr
-
+$220k
Miami
FL
$99,172
Nat: $133,654
4yr Post-Grad
$11,462
/yr
-
+$213k
Mercer University
Macon
GA
$102,258
Nat: $133,654
5yr Post-Grad
$24,778
/yr
-
+$198k
Old Westbury
NY
$98,474
Nat: $133,654
4yr Post-Grad
$22,613
/yr
-
+$186k
College Station
TX
$92,632
Nat: $133,654
2yr Post-Grad
$21,527
/yr
-
+$170k
East Lansing
MI
$90,412
Nat: $133,654
2yr Post-Grad
$21,322
/yr
-
+$150k
Moscow
ID
$86,424
Nat: $133,654
2yr Post-Grad
$15,321
/yr
-
+$125k
Huntsville
AL
$86,867
Nat: $133,654
2yr Post-Grad
$22,758
/yr
-
+$115k
Long Beach
CA
$81,997
Nat: $133,654
2yr Post-Grad
$9,426
/yr
-
+$95k
Lubbock
TX
$83,915
Nat: $133,654
2yr Post-Grad
$19,890
/yr
-
+$93k
Las Cruces
NM
$78,971
Nat: $133,654
2yr Post-Grad
$6,313
/yr
-
+$73k
Fullerton
CA
$78,343
Nat: $133,654
2yr Post-Grad
$5,115
/yr
-
+$70k
Logan
UT
$76,930
Nat: $133,654
2yr Post-Grad
$12,644
/yr
-
+$43k
New York
NY
$73,949
Nat: $133,654
2yr Post-Grad
$1,557
/yr
-
+$36k
Edwardsville
IL
$74,576
Nat: $133,654
2yr Post-Grad
$13,111
/yr
-
+$21k
Buffalo
NY
$74,576
Nat: $133,654
2yr Post-Grad
$21,775
/yr
-
+$5k
Auburn
AL
-
Nat: $133,654
$25,424
/yr
-
-$0
Mobile
AL
-
Nat: $133,654
$16,801
/yr
-
-$0
Fayetteville
AR
-
Nat: $133,654
$17,571
/yr
-
-$0
Russellville
AR
-
Nat: $133,654
$11,332
/yr
-
-$0
Pasadena
CA
-
Nat: $133,654
$8,509
/yr
-
-$0
Irvine
CA
-
Nat: $133,654
$13,866
/yr
-
-$0
Riverside
CA
-
Nat: $133,654
$12,672
/yr
-
-$0
Santa Barbara
CA
-
Nat: $133,654
$16,807
/yr
-
-$0
Santa Cruz
CA
-
Nat: $133,654
$18,549
/yr
-
-$0
Los Angeles
CA
-
Nat: $133,654
$50,518
/yr
-
-$0
San Diego
CA
-
Nat: $133,654
$13,243
/yr
-
-$0
University of Colorado Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs
CO
-
Nat: $133,654
$14,954
/yr
-
-$0
Golden
CO
-
Nat: $133,654
$32,901
/yr
-
-$0
Fort Collins
CO
-
Nat: $133,654
$22,247
/yr
-
-$0
Denver
CO
-
Nat: $133,654
$31,961
/yr
-
-$0
Bridgeport
CT
-
Nat: $133,654
$28,356
/yr
-
-$0
Storrs
CT
-
Nat: $133,654
$24,342
/yr
-
-$0
Fairfield
CT
-
Nat: $133,654
$49,906
/yr
-
-$0
West Hartford
CT
-
Nat: $133,654
$28,928
/yr
-
-$0
West Haven
CT
-
Nat: $133,654
$32,994
/yr
-
-$0
Washington
DC
-
Nat: $133,654
$32,543
/yr
-
-$0
Washington
DC
-
Nat: $133,654
$35,760
/yr
$24,193
-$0
Washington
DC
-
Nat: $133,654
$33,002
/yr
-
-$0
Orlando
FL
-
Nat: $133,654
$11,516
/yr
-
-$0
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach
Daytona Beach
FL
-
Nat: $133,654
$40,539
/yr
-
-$0
Tallahassee
FL
-
Nat: $133,654
$15,220
/yr
-
-$0
Boca Raton
FL
-
Nat: $133,654
$10,394
/yr
-
-$0
Florida Institute of Technology
Melbourne
FL
-
Nat: $133,654
$36,511
/yr
-
-$0
Tallahassee
FL
-
Nat: $133,654
$8,605
/yr
-
-$0
Coral Gables
FL
-
Nat: $133,654
$36,483
/yr
-
-$0
Jacksonville
FL
-
Nat: $133,654
$11,689
/yr
-
-$0
Honolulu
HI
-
Nat: $133,654
$11,122
/yr
-
-$0
Chicago
IL
-
Nat: $133,654
$9,540
/yr
-
-$0
Dekalb
IL
-
Nat: $133,654
$14,505
/yr
-
-$0
Evanston
IL
-
Nat: $133,654
$34,420
/yr
-
-$0
Carbondale
IL
-
Nat: $133,654
$12,554
/yr
-
-$0
Notre Dame
IN
-
Nat: $133,654
$25,339
/yr
-
-$0
Lawrence
KS
-
Nat: $133,654
$20,004
/yr
-
-$0
Manhattan
KS
-
Nat: $133,654
$18,210
/yr
-
-$0
Lexington
KY
-
Nat: $133,654
$18,868
/yr
-
-$0
Baton Rouge
LA
-
Nat: $133,654
$19,286
/yr
-
-$0
Orono
ME
-
Nat: $133,654
$17,224
/yr
-
-$0
Laurel
MD
-
Nat: $133,654
$19,881
/yr
-
-$0
Baltimore
MD
-
Nat: $133,654
$25,203
/yr
-
-$0
College Park
MD
-
Nat: $133,654
$14,296
/yr
-
-$0
Baltimore
MD
-
Nat: $133,654
$14,653
/yr
-
-$0
North Dartmouth
MA
-
Nat: $133,654
$20,319
/yr
-
-$0
Medford
MA
-
Nat: $133,654
$38,797
/yr
-
-$0
Springfield
MA
-
Nat: $133,654
$27,077
/yr
-
-$0
Detroit
MI
-
Nat: $133,654
$13,469
/yr
-
-$0
Kalamazoo
MI
-
Nat: $133,654
$13,902
/yr
-
-$0
Minneapolis
MN
-
Nat: $133,654
$17,330
/yr
-
-$0
Saint Cloud
MN
-
Nat: $133,654
$16,062
/yr
-
-$0
Saint Paul
MN
-
Nat: $133,654
$31,532
/yr
-
-$0
Mississippi State
MS
-
Nat: $133,654
$18,781
/yr
-
-$0
Columbia
MO
-
Nat: $133,654
$21,142
/yr
-
-$0
Rolla
MO
-
Nat: $133,654
$15,772
/yr
-
-$0
St. Louis
MO
-
Nat: $133,654
$13,360
/yr
-
-$0
Butte
MT
-
Nat: $133,654
$17,205
/yr
-
-$0
Bozeman
MT
-
Nat: $133,654
$23,106
/yr
-
-$0
Lincoln
NE
-
Nat: $133,654
$16,214
/yr
-
-$0
Las Vegas
NV
-
Nat: $133,654
$11,062
/yr
-
-$0
Reno
NV
-
Nat: $133,654
$13,797
/yr
-
-$0
Durham
NH
-
Nat: $133,654
$26,150
/yr
-
-$0
Teaneck
NJ
-
Nat: $133,654
$17,923
/yr
-
-$0
Madison
NJ
-
Nat: $133,654
$24,803
/yr
-
-$0
New Brunswick
NJ
-
Nat: $133,654
$24,897
/yr
-
-$0
Socorro
NM
-
Nat: $133,654
$20,862
/yr
-
-$0
Alfred
NY
-
Nat: $133,654
$22,325
/yr
-
-$0
New York
NY
-
Nat: $133,654
$12,999
/yr
-
-$0
College of Staten Island CUNY
Staten Island
NY
-
Nat: $133,654
$3,153
/yr
-
-$0
Riverdale
NY
-
Nat: $133,654
$25,074
/yr
-
-$0
Troy
NY
-
Nat: $133,654
$32,758
/yr
-
-$0
Rochester
NY
-
Nat: $133,654
$34,347
/yr
-
-$0
New Paltz
NY
-
Nat: $133,654
$19,499
/yr
-
-$0
Syracuse
NY
-
Nat: $133,654
$43,336
/yr
-
-$0
Durham
NC
-
Nat: $133,654
$23,706
/yr
-
-$0
Greensboro
NC
-
Nat: $133,654
$9,884
/yr
-
-$0
Charlotte
NC
-
Nat: $133,654
$15,142
/yr
-
-$0
Grand Forks
ND
-
Nat: $133,654
$18,131
/yr
-
-$0
Fargo
ND
-
Nat: $133,654
$15,636
/yr
-
-$0
Cleveland
OH
-
Nat: $133,654
$44,622
/yr
-
-$0
Cincinnati
OH
-
Nat: $133,654
$24,917
/yr
-
-$0
Oxford
OH
-
Nat: $133,654
$29,447
/yr
-
-$0
Toledo
OH
-
Nat: $133,654
$16,406
/yr
-
-$0
Youngstown
OH
-
Nat: $133,654
$9,161
/yr
-
-$0
University of Central Oklahoma
Edmond
OK
-
Nat: $133,654
$18,348
/yr
-
-$0
Edmond
OK
-
Nat: $133,654
$23,169
/yr
-
-$0
Stillwater
OK
-
Nat: $133,654
$17,058
/yr
-
-$0
Tulsa
OK
-
Nat: $133,654
$13,511
/yr
-
-$0
Corvallis
OR
-
Nat: $133,654
$21,504
/yr
-
-$0
Erie
PA
-
Nat: $133,654
$24,443
/yr
-
-$0
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg
Middletown
PA
-
Nat: $133,654
$16,753
/yr
-
-$0
University Park
PA
-
Nat: $133,654
$33,675
/yr
-
-$0
Philadelphia
PA
-
Nat: $133,654
$29,577
/yr
-
-$0
Philadelphia
PA
-
Nat: $133,654
$23,058
/yr
-
-$0
Villanova
PA
-
Nat: $133,654
$41,536
/yr
-
-$0
Chester
PA
-
Nat: $133,654
$26,151
/yr
-
-$0
Kingston
RI
-
Nat: $133,654
$22,469
/yr
-
-$0
Charleston
SC
-
Nat: $133,654
$22,019
/yr
-
-$0
Clemson
SC
-
Nat: $133,654
$22,032
/yr
-
-$0
Columbia
SC
-
Nat: $133,654
$22,197
/yr
-
-$0
Rapid City
SD
-
Nat: $133,654
$20,827
/yr
-
-$0
Knoxville
TN
-
Nat: $133,654
$18,314
/yr
-
-$0
Cookeville
TN
-
Nat: $133,654
$16,830
/yr
-
-$0
Nashville
TN
-
Nat: $133,654
$15,497
/yr
-
-$0
Houston
TX
-
Nat: $133,654
$11,439
/yr
-
-$0
LeTourneau University
Longview
TX
-
Nat: $133,654
$26,985
/yr
-
-$0
Denton
TX
-
Nat: $133,654
$15,358
/yr
-
-$0
Edinburg
TX
-
Nat: $133,654
$4,858
/yr
-
-$0
Prairie View A & M University
Prairie View
TX
-
Nat: $133,654
$13,638
/yr
-
-$0
Houston
TX
-
Nat: $133,654
$11,164
/yr
-
-$0
Dallas
TX
-
Nat: $133,654
$39,816
/yr
-
-$0
Kingsville
TX
-
Nat: $133,654
$13,212
/yr
-
-$0
The University of Texas at Arlington
Arlington
TX
-
Nat: $133,654
$17,040
/yr
-
-$0
El Paso
TX
-
Nat: $133,654
$6,803
/yr
-
-$0
Burlington
VT
-
Nat: $133,654
$20,277
/yr
-
-$0
Fairfax
VA
-
Nat: $133,654
$14,697
/yr
-
-$0
Norfolk State University
Norfolk
VA
-
Nat: $133,654
$12,180
/yr
-
-$0
Charlottesville
VA
-
Nat: $133,654
$18,056
/yr
-
-$0
Pullman
WA
-
Nat: $133,654
$13,462
/yr
-
-$0
Morgantown
WV
-
Nat: $133,654
$18,020
/yr
-
-$0
Milwaukee
WI
-
Nat: $133,654
$30,561
/yr
-
-$0
Laramie
WY
-
Nat: $133,654
$13,647
/yr
-
-$0
Mayaguez
PR
-
Nat: $133,654
$14,997
/yr
-
-$0
Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico
Hato Rey
PR
-
Nat: $133,654
$13,797
/yr
-
-$0
Waterbury
CT
-
Nat: $133,654
$8,616
/yr
-
-$0
Groton
CT
-
Nat: $133,654
$11,184
/yr
-
-$0
Stamford
CT
-
Nat: $133,654
$14,226
/yr
-
-$0
Bend
OR
-
Nat: $133,654
$17,853
/yr
-
-$0
Hartford
CT
-
Nat: $133,654
$13,961
/yr
-
-$0
Pennsylvania State University-World Campus
University Park
PA
-
Nat: $133,654
$12,651
/yr
-
-$0
Purdue University Northwest
Hammond
IN
-
Nat: $133,654
$6,223
/yr
-
-$0
San Antonio
TX
$70,456
Nat: $133,654
2yr Post-Grad
$9,872
/yr
-
-$11k
Analysis Notes:
  • Lifetime Value Added: Net Present Value (NPV) of estimated career earnings relative to a median bachelor's degree holder, accounting for this institution's average cost and taxes.
  • Avg Net Price: The average price paid by students who receive federal financial aid (grants/loans).Note: For graduate programs, the institution's average undergraduate net price is used as a proxy for annual cost, which may differ from actual graduate tuition and net price.