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Best Colleges for Mechanical Engineering

Ranked by 5-year median salary · Bachelor's degree · 113 institutions with data

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# Institution State Year 1 Year 5 Median Year 10 PP Adjusted
1 Lamar University TX $81,563 $116,446 $150,342 $126,434
2 SUNY Maritime College NY $87,413 $111,922 $134,767 $84,789
3 Texas A&M University TX $82,685 $111,636 $148,947 $121,212
4 University of Texas at Austin TX $87,271 $111,509 $143,327 $121,074
5 Louisiana State University & Agricultural & Mechanical College LA $82,170 $111,433 $148,095 $120,729
6 University of Houston TX $80,529 $107,421 $145,974 $116,635
7 Louisiana Tech University LA $77,844 $104,696 $128,269 $113,430
8 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL $81,599 $104,211 $134,508 $113,520
9 Texas Tech University TX $79,110 $103,012 $134,812 $111,848
10 University of Michigan MI $78,309 $102,699 $129,319 $112,239
11 Texas A&M University - Kingsville TX $72,585 $102,352 $132,581 $111,131
12 University of Alabama AL $75,701 $101,424 $127,251 $114,993
13 University of Louisiana at Lafayette LA $73,822 $101,094 $134,446 $109,528
14 University of Massachusetts - Amherst MA $77,592 $100,766 $125,668 $67,993
15 University of Oklahoma OK $81,205 $100,601 $121,802 $116,706
16 Southern University and Agricultural & Mechanical Colg at Baton Rouge LA $73,075 $100,497 $124,712 $108,881
17 Purdue University IN $79,490 $100,411 $129,039 $111,074
18 University of Virginia VA $78,713 $100,217 $130,971 $97,773
19 Georgia Institute of Technology GA $77,825 $100,175 $127,460 $110,691
20 Pennsylvania State University (The) PA $77,398 $100,162 $125,234 $102,102

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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.