College ROI

Smarter Choices, Brighter Futures
Back to Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical Engineering.

Master's Degree•226 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 ($114,758)
P25-P75 Interval ($106,560 - $126,601)
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
Cambridge
MA
$200,732
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$14,815
/yr
-
+$1083k
Stanford
CA
$167,632
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$12,307
/yr
$64,725
+$804k
Santa Clara
CA
$170,120
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$50,570
/yr
-
+$755k
Berkeley
CA
$147,475
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$14,538
/yr
-
+$626k
Long Beach
CA
$138,465
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$9,426
/yr
-
+$558k
Los Angeles
CA
$138,803
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$14,659
/yr
$25,644
+$551k
Durham
NC
$139,868
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$23,706
/yr
-
+$544k
New York
NY
$137,970
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$15,370
/yr
$50,347
+$543k
Albuquerque
NM
$138,833
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$19,966
/yr
-
+$542k
Los Angeles
CA
$139,101
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$33,056
/yr
$47,480
+$520k
Rolla
MO
$135,171
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$15,772
/yr
-
+$518k
Austin
TX
$137,762
Nat: $115,974
5yr Post-Grad
$18,554
/yr
-
+$512k
West Lafayette
IN
$133,021
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$14,851
/yr
-
+$501k
Seattle
WA
$132,097
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$13,663
/yr
$35,850
+$495k
Baltimore
MD
$132,861
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$18,431
/yr
$28,500
+$493k
Fullerton
CA
$129,073
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$5,115
/yr
-
+$485k
Rochester Hills
MI
$130,141
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$11,815
/yr
-
+$482k
Champaign
IL
$127,773
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$13,042
/yr
-
+$459k
La Jolla
CA
$128,129
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$14,794
/yr
-
+$459k
San Luis Obispo
CA
$127,908
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$18,832
/yr
-
+$449k
Columbus
OH
$126,887
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$17,269
/yr
-
+$444k
Houston
TX
$125,271
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$11,439
/yr
-
+$440k
Denver
CO
$127,357
Nat: $115,974
5yr Post-Grad
$10,217
/yr
-
+$439k
Pomona
CA
$123,084
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$9,404
/yr
-
+$425k
Ithaca
NY
$128,130
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$33,934
/yr
$20,500
+$424k
Atlanta
GA
$123,205
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$12,028
/yr
$22,159
+$421k
Pittsburgh
PA
$127,603
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$35,780
/yr
$57,062
+$416k
Villanova
PA
$128,221
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$41,536
/yr
-
+$410k
Davis
CA
$121,768
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$14,318
/yr
-
+$405k
Dearborn
MI
$119,691
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$7,863
/yr
-
+$398k
Boston
MA
$124,007
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$29,060
/yr
-
+$397k
Ann Arbor
MI
$120,648
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$14,362
/yr
$30,750
+$395k
Evanston
IL
$126,601
Nat: $115,974
5yr Post-Grad
$34,420
/yr
-
+$388k
Bend
Earnings shared by 2 Oregon State University campuses, which report as one program.
OR
$119,847
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$17,853
/yr
-
+$381k
Corvallis
Earnings shared by 2 Oregon State University campuses, which report as one program.
OR
$119,847
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$21,504
/yr
-
+$375k
Bethlehem
PA
$122,657
Nat: $115,974
5yr Post-Grad
$25,272
/yr
-
+$371k
Blacksburg
VA
$119,843
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$25,808
/yr
-
+$367k
Philadelphia
PA
$121,560
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$37,529
/yr
-
+$360k
Lowell
MA
$117,288
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$17,362
/yr
-
+$360k
Pennsylvania State University-World Campus
University Park
Earnings shared by 3 Pennsylvania State University campuses, which report as one program.
PA
$117,817
Nat: $115,974
5yr Post-Grad
$12,651
/yr
-
+$353k
Detroit
MI
$114,758
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$11,212
/yr
-
+$349k
St. Louis
MO
$115,029
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$13,360
/yr
-
+$348k
Tallahassee
FL
$113,967
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$8,605
/yr
-
+$347k
Stillwater
OK
$117,924
Nat: $115,974
5yr Post-Grad
$17,058
/yr
-
+$346k
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg
Middletown
Earnings shared by 3 Pennsylvania State University campuses, which report as one program.
PA
$117,817
Nat: $115,974
5yr Post-Grad
$16,753
/yr
-
+$346k
Raleigh
NC
$115,376
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$16,486
/yr
-
+$345k
Fort Collins
CO
$115,946
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$22,247
/yr
-
+$339k
Boulder
CO
$115,960
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$23,708
/yr
$37,968
+$337k
Durham
NH
$116,426
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$26,150
/yr
-
+$336k
Pittsburgh
PA
$116,951
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$29,362
/yr
-
+$335k
Madison
WI
$113,710
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$16,600
/yr
-
+$330k
Boston
MA
$117,154
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$36,503
/yr
$60,500
+$324k
Pullman
WA
$114,012
Nat: $115,974
5yr Post-Grad
$13,462
/yr
-
+$319k
Gainesville
FL
$109,893
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$5,969
/yr
$30,500
+$317k
Minneapolis
MN
$112,217
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$17,330
/yr
-
+$316k
Knoxville
TN
$112,342
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$18,314
/yr
-
+$315k
University Park
Earnings shared by 3 Pennsylvania State University campuses, which report as one program.
PA
$117,817
Nat: $115,974
5yr Post-Grad
$33,675
/yr
-
+$315k
Worcester
MA
$117,441
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$43,885
/yr
-
+$313k
Golden
CO
$115,085
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$32,901
/yr
$20,500
+$312k
Cincinnati
OH
$112,569
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$24,917
/yr
-
+$305k
College Station
TX
$111,472
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$21,527
/yr
-
+$302k
Milwaukee
WI
$112,901
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$30,561
/yr
-
+$298k
Tampa
FL
$110,295
Nat: $115,974
5yr Post-Grad
$8,648
/yr
-
+$296k
El Paso
TX
$107,441
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$6,803
/yr
$16,500
+$294k
Houghton
MI
$108,453
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$13,446
/yr
-
+$290k
Portland State University
Portland
OR
$107,077
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$8,337
/yr
-
+$288k
Logan
UT
$107,544
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$12,644
/yr
-
+$284k
Dekalb
IL
$107,338
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$14,505
/yr
-
+$279k
Tempe
AZ
$107,325
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$14,694
/yr
$14,750
+$278k
Riverside
CA
$106,742
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$12,672
/yr
-
+$277k
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach
Daytona Beach
FL
$114,839
Nat: $115,974
5yr Post-Grad
$40,539
/yr
-
+$277k
Cleveland
OH
$106,560
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$13,754
/yr
-
+$273k
Syracuse
NY
$112,673
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$43,336
/yr
-
+$272k
Edinburg
TX
$103,803
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$4,858
/yr
-
+$265k
Ames
IA
$106,245
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$18,517
/yr
-
+$262k
San Antonio
TX
$106,077
Nat: $115,974
5yr Post-Grad
$9,872
/yr
-
+$258k
Orlando
FL
$104,337
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$11,516
/yr
-
+$258k
Louisville
KY
$105,037
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$14,960
/yr
-
+$258k
Dayton
OH
$109,841
Nat: $115,974
5yr Post-Grad
$30,366
/yr
-
+$253k
Rochester
NY
$109,087
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$37,232
/yr
$20,500
+$252k
Newark
NJ
$105,200
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$18,783
/yr
-
+$252k
Saint Paul
MN
$107,807
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$31,532
/yr
-
+$251k
Hoboken
NJ
$108,955
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$37,396
/yr
$20,500
+$251k
Indianapolis
IN
$103,070
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$9,479
/yr
-
+$251k
Potsdam
NY
$107,611
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$32,137
/yr
-
+$249k
Provo
UT
$103,427
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$13,397
/yr
-
+$247k
Salt Lake City
UT
$106,317
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$27,314
/yr
-
+$246k
Stony Brook
NY
$104,470
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$18,902
/yr
-
+$246k
Troy
NY
$107,173
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$32,758
/yr
-
+$244k
Charlottesville
VA
$103,192
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$18,056
/yr
-
+$236k
The University of Texas at Arlington
Arlington
TX
$101,894
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$17,040
/yr
-
+$226k
Los Angeles
CA
$100,617
Nat: $115,974
5yr Post-Grad
$2,385
/yr
-
+$225k
Clemson
SC
$102,636
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$22,032
/yr
-
+$224k
Wright State University-Main Campus
Dayton
OH
$100,393
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$13,715
/yr
-
+$219k
Vestal
NY
$101,600
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$20,907
/yr
-
+$217k
Chicago
IL
$101,412
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$22,443
/yr
-
+$212k
Buffalo
NY
$96,497
Nat: $115,974
4yr Post-Grad
$21,775
/yr
-
+$170k
Northridge
CA
$82,756
Nat: $115,974
2yr Post-Grad
$6,346
/yr
-
+$108k
Irvine
CA
$79,284
Nat: $115,974
2yr Post-Grad
$13,866
/yr
$20,500
+$62k
Sacramento
CA
$78,343
Nat: $115,974
2yr Post-Grad
$11,186
/yr
-
+$59k
Philadelphia
PA
$79,284
Nat: $115,974
2yr Post-Grad
$29,577
/yr
-
+$33k
Birmingham
AL
-
Nat: $115,974
$15,630
/yr
-
-$0
Huntsville
AL
-
Nat: $115,974
$22,758
/yr
-
-$0
Tuscaloosa
AL
-
Nat: $115,974
$20,202
/yr
-
-$0
Auburn
AL
-
Nat: $115,974
$25,424
/yr
-
-$0
Mobile
AL
-
Nat: $115,974
$16,801
/yr
-
-$0
Tuskegee
AL
-
Nat: $115,974
$40,141
/yr
-
-$0
Tucson
AZ
-
Nat: $115,974
$17,125
/yr
-
-$0
Flagstaff
AZ
-
Nat: $115,974
$17,265
/yr
-
-$0
Fayetteville
AR
-
Nat: $115,974
$17,571
/yr
-
-$0
Russellville
AR
-
Nat: $115,974
$11,332
/yr
-
-$0
Riverside
CA
-
Nat: $115,974
$24,138
/yr
-
-$0
Pasadena
CA
-
Nat: $115,974
$8,509
/yr
-
-$0
Santa Barbara
CA
-
Nat: $115,974
$16,807
/yr
-
-$0
Los Angeles
CA
-
Nat: $115,974
$50,518
/yr
-
-$0
San Diego
CA
-
Nat: $115,974
$13,243
/yr
-
-$0
University of Colorado Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs
CO
-
Nat: $115,974
$14,954
/yr
-
-$0
Denver
CO
-
Nat: $115,974
$31,961
/yr
-
-$0
Bridgeport
CT
-
Nat: $115,974
$28,356
/yr
-
-$0
Storrs
CT
-
Nat: $115,974
$24,342
/yr
-
-$0
Fairfield
CT
-
Nat: $115,974
$49,906
/yr
-
-$0
West Hartford
CT
-
Nat: $115,974
$28,928
/yr
-
-$0
West Haven
CT
-
Nat: $115,974
$32,994
/yr
-
-$0
Newark
DE
-
Nat: $115,974
$16,337
/yr
-
-$0
Washington
DC
-
Nat: $115,974
$32,543
/yr
-
-$0
Washington
DC
-
Nat: $115,974
$35,760
/yr
-
-$0
Washington
DC
-
Nat: $115,974
$33,002
/yr
-
-$0
Boca Raton
FL
-
Nat: $115,974
$10,394
/yr
-
-$0
Florida Institute of Technology
Melbourne
FL
-
Nat: $115,974
$36,511
/yr
-
-$0
Miami
FL
-
Nat: $115,974
$11,462
/yr
-
-$0
Coral Gables
FL
-
Nat: $115,974
$36,483
/yr
-
-$0
Jacksonville
FL
-
Nat: $115,974
$11,689
/yr
-
-$0
Mercer University
Macon
GA
-
Nat: $115,974
$24,778
/yr
-
-$0
Honolulu
HI
-
Nat: $115,974
$11,122
/yr
-
-$0
Boise
ID
-
Nat: $115,974
$18,423
/yr
-
-$0
Idaho State University
Pocatello
ID
-
Nat: $115,974
$8,910
/yr
-
-$0
Moscow
ID
-
Nat: $115,974
$15,321
/yr
-
-$0
Peoria
IL
-
Nat: $115,974
$22,469
/yr
-
-$0
Chicago
IL
-
Nat: $115,974
$9,540
/yr
-
-$0
Carbondale
IL
-
Nat: $115,974
$12,554
/yr
-
-$0
Edwardsville
IL
-
Nat: $115,974
$13,111
/yr
-
-$0
Notre Dame
IN
-
Nat: $115,974
$25,339
/yr
-
-$0
Terre Haute
IN
-
Nat: $115,974
$43,360
/yr
-
-$0
Iowa City
IA
-
Nat: $115,974
$22,508
/yr
-
-$0
Manhattan
KS
-
Nat: $115,974
$18,210
/yr
-
-$0
Wichita
KS
-
Nat: $115,974
$10,307
/yr
-
-$0
Lexington
KY
-
Nat: $115,974
$18,868
/yr
-
-$0
Orono
ME
-
Nat: $115,974
$17,224
/yr
-
-$0
Baltimore
MD
-
Nat: $115,974
$25,203
/yr
-
-$0
College Park
MD
-
Nat: $115,974
$14,296
/yr
-
-$0
Amherst
MA
-
Nat: $115,974
$22,857
/yr
-
-$0
North Dartmouth
MA
-
Nat: $115,974
$20,319
/yr
-
-$0
Medford
MA
-
Nat: $115,974
$38,797
/yr
-
-$0
Springfield
MA
-
Nat: $115,974
$27,077
/yr
-
-$0
Detroit
MI
-
Nat: $115,974
$13,469
/yr
-
-$0
Southfield
MI
-
Nat: $115,974
$33,466
/yr
-
-$0
East Lansing
MI
-
Nat: $115,974
$21,322
/yr
-
-$0
Kalamazoo
MI
-
Nat: $115,974
$13,902
/yr
-
-$0
Duluth
MN
-
Nat: $115,974
$17,395
/yr
-
-$0
Mississippi State
MS
-
Nat: $115,974
$18,781
/yr
-
-$0
Columbia
MO
-
Nat: $115,974
$21,142
/yr
-
-$0
Kansas City
MO
-
Nat: $115,974
$13,778
/yr
-
-$0
Bozeman
MT
-
Nat: $115,974
$23,106
/yr
-
-$0
Lincoln
NE
-
Nat: $115,974
$16,214
/yr
-
-$0
Las Vegas
NV
-
Nat: $115,974
$11,062
/yr
-
-$0
Reno
NV
-
Nat: $115,974
$13,797
/yr
-
-$0
Princeton
NJ
-
Nat: $115,974
$7,815
/yr
-
-$0
New Brunswick
NJ
-
Nat: $115,974
$24,897
/yr
$20,500
-$0
Socorro
NM
-
Nat: $115,974
$20,862
/yr
-
-$0
Las Cruces
NM
-
Nat: $115,974
$6,313
/yr
-
-$0
Alfred
NY
-
Nat: $115,974
$22,325
/yr
-
-$0
New York
NY
-
Nat: $115,974
$12,999
/yr
-
-$0
New York
NY
-
Nat: $115,974
$1,557
/yr
-
-$0
New York
NY
-
Nat: $115,974
$35,737
/yr
-
-$0
Old Westbury
NY
-
Nat: $115,974
$22,613
/yr
-
-$0
Rochester
NY
-
Nat: $115,974
$34,347
/yr
-
-$0
Greensboro
NC
-
Nat: $115,974
$9,884
/yr
-
-$0
Charlotte
NC
-
Nat: $115,974
$15,142
/yr
-
-$0
Grand Forks
ND
-
Nat: $115,974
$18,131
/yr
-
-$0
Fargo
ND
-
Nat: $115,974
$15,636
/yr
-
-$0
Akron
OH
-
Nat: $115,974
$13,072
/yr
-
-$0
Cleveland
OH
-
Nat: $115,974
$44,622
/yr
-
-$0
Oxford
OH
-
Nat: $115,974
$29,447
/yr
-
-$0
Athens
OH
-
Nat: $115,974
$20,666
/yr
-
-$0
Toledo
OH
-
Nat: $115,974
$16,406
/yr
-
-$0
Youngstown
OH
-
Nat: $115,974
$9,161
/yr
-
-$0
University of Central Oklahoma
Edmond
OK
-
Nat: $115,974
$18,348
/yr
-
-$0
Norman
OK
-
Nat: $115,974
$15,531
/yr
-
-$0
Tulsa
OK
-
Nat: $115,974
$13,511
/yr
-
-$0
Erie
PA
-
Nat: $115,974
$24,443
/yr
-
-$0
Philadelphia
PA
-
Nat: $115,974
$23,058
/yr
-
-$0
Chester
PA
-
Nat: $115,974
$26,151
/yr
-
-$0
Wilkes-Barre
PA
-
Nat: $115,974
$25,799
/yr
-
-$0
Kingston
RI
-
Nat: $115,974
$22,469
/yr
-
-$0
Charleston
SC
-
Nat: $115,974
$22,019
/yr
-
-$0
Columbia
SC
-
Nat: $115,974
$22,197
/yr
-
-$0
Rapid City
SD
-
Nat: $115,974
$20,827
/yr
-
-$0
Brookings
SD
-
Nat: $115,974
$20,139
/yr
-
-$0
Memphis
TN
-
Nat: $115,974
$12,192
/yr
-
-$0
Cookeville
TN
-
Nat: $115,974
$16,830
/yr
-
-$0
Nashville
TN
-
Nat: $115,974
$15,497
/yr
-
-$0
Waco
TX
-
Nat: $115,974
$44,441
/yr
-
-$0
LeTourneau University
Longview
TX
-
Nat: $115,974
$26,985
/yr
-
-$0
Houston
TX
-
Nat: $115,974
$11,164
/yr
-
-$0
Dallas
TX
-
Nat: $115,974
$39,816
/yr
-
-$0
Kingsville
TX
-
Nat: $115,974
$13,212
/yr
-
-$0
Richardson
TX
-
Nat: $115,974
$15,271
/yr
-
-$0
Tyler
TX
-
Nat: $115,974
$13,476
/yr
-
-$0
Lubbock
TX
-
Nat: $115,974
$19,890
/yr
-
-$0
Burlington
VT
-
Nat: $115,974
$20,277
/yr
-
-$0
Lacey
WA
-
Nat: $115,974
$25,472
/yr
-
-$0
Huntington
WV
-
Nat: $115,974
$7,341
/yr
-
-$0
Morgantown
WV
-
Nat: $115,974
$18,020
/yr
-
-$0
Laramie
WY
-
Nat: $115,974
$13,647
/yr
-
-$0
Mayaguez
PR
-
Nat: $115,974
$14,997
/yr
-
-$0
Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Gurabo Campus
Gurabo
PR
-
Nat: $115,974
$7,134
/yr
-
-$0
Waterbury
CT
-
Nat: $115,974
$8,616
/yr
-
-$0
Groton
CT
-
Nat: $115,974
$11,184
/yr
-
-$0
Stamford
CT
-
Nat: $115,974
$14,226
/yr
-
-$0
Merced
CA
-
Nat: $115,974
$11,583
/yr
-
-$0
Hartford
CT
-
Nat: $115,974
$13,961
/yr
-
-$0
Kennesaw
GA
-
Nat: $115,974
$16,325
/yr
-
-$0
Purdue University Northwest
Hammond
IN
-
Nat: $115,974
$6,223
/yr
-
-$0
Denton
TX
$70,456
Nat: $115,974
2yr Post-Grad
$15,358
/yr
-
-$21k
Baton Rouge
LA
$71,015
Nat: $115,974
2yr Post-Grad
$19,286
/yr
-
-$23k
Riverdale
NY
$71,575
Nat: $115,974
2yr Post-Grad
$25,074
/yr
-
-$29k
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.