Is a Engineering-Related Fields degree worth it?
Across 22 schools, graduates of Engineering-Related Fields earn a median $90,173 five years out on $24,160 of debt. Graduates most commonly work as Industrial Engineers (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
$90,173
Median debt
$24,160
Years to pay off
2.8
at 10% of pay
AI task exposure
51%
GPT-4-era overlap
10-yr job growth
+6.8%
BLS 2024–2034
Gender pay gap
-10.2%
$89,442 vs $98,592
Net price
$16,739/yr
Debt-test failures
0%
of programs
'Real' premium
+$26,244
vs avg, adjusted
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Explore Engineering-Related Fields 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.