Education & Training
Engineering-Related Fields
What can you do with this education or training? Here are the careers it prepares you for, what graduates typically earn and owe, and how many colleges offer it.
Careers this leads to
- Architectural and Engineering Managers Master's degree
- Commercial and Industrial Designers Bachelor's degree
- Energy Engineers, Except Wind and Solar Bachelor's degree
- Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary Doctoral or professional degree
- Facilities Managers Associate degree
- Human Factors Engineers and Ergonomists Bachelor's degree
- Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians Certificate or apprenticeship
- Industrial Engineers Bachelor's degree
- Industrial Production Managers Certificate or apprenticeship
- Manufacturing Engineers Bachelor's degree
- Mechatronics Engineers Bachelor's degree
- Microsystems Engineers Master's degree
- Nanosystems Engineers Doctoral or professional degree
- Nanotechnology Engineering Technologists and Technicians Master's degree
- Non-Destructive Testing Specialists High school diploma
- Photonics Engineers Bachelor's degree
- Photonics Technicians Associate degree
- Quality Control Systems Managers Bachelor's degree
- Robotics Engineers Bachelor's degree
- Security Managers Bachelor's degree
- Validation Engineers Bachelor's degree
Pay and debt by degree
| Degree or certificate | Yearly pay 1 year after finishing | Yearly pay 4 years after finishing | Typical debt | Colleges offering it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Certificate | — | $83,619 | — | 24 |
| Associate degree | — | — | — | 13 |
| Bachelor's degree | $75,934 | $89,514 | $23,250 | 92 |
| Master's degree | $107,127 | $127,032 | $29,635 | 172 |
| Doctoral degree | $186,411 | $180,549 | $57,260 | 17 |
| Professional degree | — | — | — | 1 |
Median earnings of graduates who got federal student aid, and median federal loan debt at graduation, typical across U.S. colleges. Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education. Each college can differ a lot: take the quiz to see colleges near you.