Is a Engineering Physics degree worth it?
Across 5 schools, graduates of Engineering Physics earn a median $96,528 five years out on $21,500 of debt. Graduates most commonly work as Engineers, All Other (modeled from the federal CIP-to-SOC crosswalk). These earnings and debt figures come from the U.S. Dept. of Education.
Median 5-yr pay
$96,528
Median debt
$21,500
Years to pay off
2.2
at 10% of pay
AI task exposure
54%
GPT-4-era overlap
10-yr job growth
+2.3%
BLS 2024–2034
Net price
$21,904/yr
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Explore Engineering Physics 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.