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Rank School Program New Grad Median Pay Early Career Pay Sample Size
1 California State University Maritime Academy Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians $95,733 $102,821 47
2 Maine Maritime Academy Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering $94,796 $105,033 140
3 Montana Technological University Petroleum Engineering $94,544 $99,324 69
4 Colorado School of Mines Petroleum Engineering $94,022 $99,390 155
5 Franklin W Olin College of Engineering Engineering, General $91,352 $104,429 37
6 Texas Tech University Petroleum Engineering $89,229 $103,896 108
7 The University of Texas Permian Basin Petroleum Engineering $88,833 $104,395 23
8 The University of Texas at Austin Petroleum Engineering $87,293 $99,721 58
9 University of Tulsa Petroleum Engineering $85,730 $83,883 20
10 Northwestern University Industrial Engineering $84,644 $95,078 54
11 Texas A & M University-College Station Petroleum Engineering $84,377 $105,826 121
12 Excelsior College Nuclear Engineering Technologies/Technicians $84,153 $107,804 50
13 University of North Dakota Petroleum Engineering $84,111 $94,157 48
14 California State University-Long Beach Construction Engineering Technologies $83,666 $89,338 59
15 Massachusetts Maritime Academy Systems Engineering $83,288 N/A 18
16 Massachusetts Maritime Academy Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering $83,261 $104,400 152
17 California State University Maritime Academy Mechanical Engineering $83,137 $88,988 46
18 Harvey Mudd College Engineering, General $81,948 $90,517 59
19 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Chemical Engineering $81,524 $92,657 41
20 California State University-Sacramento Construction Engineering $81,148 $91,338 38
21 Carnegie Mellon University Chemical Engineering $80,722 $88,727 46
22 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State York Petroleum Engineering $80,718 $85,470 112
23 Missouri University of Science and Technology Petroleum Engineering $80,601 $81,649 45
24 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Mechanical Engineering $80,396 $88,614 128
25 Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Chemical Engineering $80,305 $87,944 90
26 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Materials Engineerin $80,203 $73,026 21
27 California State University-Northridge Construction Engineering Technologies $79,863 $92,559 20
28 National University Construction Engineering $79,856 N/A 21
29 California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo Construction Engineering Technologies $79,656 $96,152 27
30 University of Virginia-Main Campus Systems Engineering $79,487 $94,931 60
31 San Diego State University Construction Engineering Technologies $79,248 N/A 24
32 Rice University Chemical Engineering $78,801 $92,763 54
33 University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Petroleum Engineering $78,626 $99,981 101
34 Maine Maritime Academy Engineering Technologies/Technicians, Other $78,358 $94,068 37
35 University of Pennsylvania Mechanical Engineering $78,166 $88,779 26
36 University of Southern California Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering $78,078 $91,535 25
37 University of Massachusetts-Lowell Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians $78,046 N/A 18
38 The University of Texas at Austin Chemical Engineering $77,308 $89,285 117
39 Worcester Polytechnic Institute Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering $77,253 N/A 84
40 Stanford University Engineering-Related Fields $77,180 N/A 18
41 University of Wyoming Petroleum Engineering $77,157 $92,872 48
42 University of Houston Chemical Engineering $77,026 $75,789 89
43 Louisiana Tech University Chemical Engineering $76,802 N/A 26
44 Marietta College Petroleum Engineering $76,751 $89,305 70
45 University of Arizona Mining and Mineral Engineering $76,657 $87,557 26
46 Kettering University Mechanical Engineering $76,471 $85,093 202
47 Dartmouth College Engineering Science $76,341 $81,883 19
48 Texas A & M University-College Station Chemical Engineering $76,110 $95,309 105
49 Purdue University-Main Campus Chemical Engineering $75,967 $79,174 121
50 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Industrial Engineering $75,644 $85,126 166
51 University of Southern California Civil Engineering $75,576 $85,981 25
52 Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Petroleum Engineering $75,560 $80,274 171
52 Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Chemical Engineering $75,560 $83,219 184
54 University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Paper Science and Engineering $75,514 N/A 16
55 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Mechanical Engineering $75,414 $83,568 239
56 California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Construction Engineering Technologies $75,286 $89,517 81
57 Auburn University Chemical Engineering $75,285 $83,134 46
58 University of Florida Systems Engineering $75,217 $84,893 139
59 University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Chemical Engineering $75,214 N/A 18
60 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Chemical Engineering $75,199 $81,766 125
61 Texas Tech University Chemical Engineering $75,153 $80,178 68
62 Kettering University Chemical Engineering $75,152 N/A 20
63 Arizona State University Campus Immersion Construction Engineering $74,873 N/A 18
64 California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo Mechanical Engineering $74,806 $86,000 206
65 New Mexico State University-Main Campus Chemical Engineering $74,738 $69,035 17
66 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Biomedical/Medical Engineering $74,716 $77,352 30
67 University of Southern California Mechanical Engineering $74,693 $78,774 83
68 SUNY Maritime College Industrial Engineering $74,670 $102,900 17
69 Central Michigan University Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians $74,597 N/A 19
70 University of Louisiana at Lafayette Chemical Engineering $74,585 $72,622 42
71 Santa Clara University Mechanical Engineering $74,547 $94,288 51
72 Cornell University Materials Engineerin $74,526 $78,722 16
73 University of California-Davis Engineering, General $74,487 $89,594 122
74 West Virginia University Petroleum Engineering $74,468 $79,782 93
75 Missouri University of Science and Technology Mining and Mineral Engineering $74,419 $74,365 39
76 Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Industrial Engineering $74,354 $86,996 241
77 California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering $74,220 $89,378 83
78 Cornell University Chemical Engineering $74,126 $89,983 89
79 University of Wisconsin-Madison Industrial Engineering $74,061 $78,014 51
80 Vanderbilt University Chemical Engineering $73,971 $86,997 24
81 Washington University in St Louis Chemical Engineering $73,913 N/A 19
82 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Materials Engineerin $73,854 $79,847 28
83 University of California-Berkeley Mechanical Engineering $73,836 $85,955 104
84 Oakland University Mechanical Engineering $73,808 $82,235 129
85 Prairie View A & M University Mechanical Engineering $73,650 $73,106 65
86 University of Alabama at Birmingham Materials Engineerin $73,616 $69,075 20
87 Purdue University-Main Campus Mechanical Engineering $73,563 $78,366 215
88 Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Nuclear Engineering $73,557 $76,013 20
89 Oregon State University-Cascades Campus Construction Engineering $73,542 $81,840 91
90 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Chemical Engineering $73,493 $87,314 156
91 North Carolina A & T State University Industrial Engineering $73,414 $71,300 32
92 University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Chemical Engineering $73,396 $84,425 100
93 Lamar University Chemical Engineering $73,299 $89,198 41
94 North Carolina State University at Raleigh Chemical Engineering $73,222 $81,552 159
94 The University of Texas at Austin Mechanical Engineering $73,222 $81,769 206
96 University of Houston Petroleum Engineering $73,141 $83,990 209
97 University of Notre Dame Chemical Engineering $73,118 $87,393 83
98 Washington University in St Louis Systems Engineering $73,035 N/A 21
99 Massachusetts Maritime Academy Engineering, Other $72,995 $82,693 87
100 University of Florida Chemical Engineering $72,850 $80,312 125
101 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Chemical Engineering $72,805 $82,738 88
102 University of Pennsylvania Biomedical/Medical Engineering $72,773 $90,071 16
103 California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo Biomedical/Medical Engineering $72,746 $77,513 42
104 Worcester Polytechnic Institute Industrial Engineering $72,720 $82,909 20
105 University of Houston Industrial Engineering $72,713 $79,151 31
106 Missouri University of Science and Technology Metallurgical Engineering $72,706 $80,915 26
107 University of Notre Dame Mechanical Engineering $72,690 $79,832 92
108 California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo Industrial Engineering $72,643 $90,242 70
109 Texas A & M University-Kingsville Petroleum Engineering $72,626 N/A 25
110 North Carolina A & T State University Chemical Engineering $72,566 $68,594 28
111 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering $72,563 $98,421 29
112 University of Wisconsin-Madison Chemical Engineering $72,510 $84,023 70
113 University of Massachusetts-Amherst Industrial Engineering $72,455 N/A 28
114 California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo Civil Engineering $72,381 $82,834 132
115 University of Alaska Anchorage Engineering-Related Technologies $72,377 N/A 18
116 Oklahoma State University-Main Campus Chemical Engineering $72,362 $86,071 63
117 Wayne State University Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians $72,343 N/A 16
118 Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Mechanical Engineering $72,316 $78,494 202
119 University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus Industrial Engineering $72,315 N/A 24
120 Worcester Polytechnic Institute Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering $72,303 $75,193 50
121 Southern University and A & M College Mechanical Engineering $72,173 $74,549 26
122 Tulane University of Louisiana Chemical Engineering $72,159 $75,677 21
123 Kansas State University Industrial Engineering $72,147 N/A 48
124 Cornell University Mechanical Engineering $72,114 $82,399 57
125 Lehigh University Industrial Engineering $72,069 $86,603 32
126 The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Industrial Engineering $72,052 $64,267 37
127 University of Arkansas Chemical Engineering $72,033 $78,844 67
128 University of Michigan-Dearborn Mechanical Engineering $72,006 $85,289 104
129 Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus Mining and Mineral Engineering $71,938 N/A 17
130 Lawrence Technological University Mechanical Engineering $71,908 $82,165 66
131 George Mason University Systems Engineering $71,876 $88,101 44
132 Wayne State University Mechanical Engineering $71,849 $85,185 72
133 Stevens Institute of Technology Chemical Engineering $71,800 $81,346 49
134 Kansas State University Chemical Engineering $71,780 $81,885 44
135 Wentworth Institute of Technology Mechanical Engineering $71,722 $75,347 135
136 Northwestern University Chemical Engineering $71,607 $85,168 32
137 Iowa State University Construction Engineering $71,580 $77,479 79
138 University of Arizona Chemical Engineering $71,489 $70,543 49
139 Oakland University Industrial Engineering $71,468 N/A 18
140 Bucknell University Chemical Engineering $71,437 $80,333 25
141 Michigan State University Mechanical Engineering $71,321 $81,384 247
142 Duke University Mechanical Engineering $71,314 $90,153 38
143 Colorado School of Mines Mining and Mineral Engineering $71,308 $91,467 19
144 Rochester Institute of Technology Industrial Engineering $71,306 $79,663 28
145 SUNY Maritime College Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering $71,291 $90,122 48
146 University of Florida Construction Engineering Technologies $71,213 $87,364 77
147 University of Kansas Petroleum Engineering $71,179 $81,042 42
148 University of Colorado Boulder Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering $71,135 $82,513 68
149 Lamar University Mechanical Engineering $71,107 $89,656 57
150 Auburn University Architectural Engineering $71,073 $74,291 75

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