Is a Architectural Engineering degree worth it?
Across 12 schools, graduates of Architectural Engineering earn a median $90,782 five years out on $26,726 of debt. Most go on to work as Civil Engineers (17% of them, per Census ACS). These earnings and debt figures come from the U.S. Dept. of Education.
Median 5-yr pay
$90,782
Median debt
$26,726
Years to pay off
3
at 10% of pay
AI task exposure
52%
GPT-4-era overlap
10-yr job growth
+2.1%
BLS 2024–2034
Gender pay gap
5%
$95,856 vs $91,026
Net price
$18,242/yr
Debt-test failures
0%
of programs
'Real' premium
+$21,655
vs avg, adjusted
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Explore Architectural Engineering in full →Data: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, BLS OEWS, O*NET, AI-exposure measures (Eloundou/AIOE), Zillow. Earnings reflect federally-aided graduates; see the full story for methodology and limitations.