Top 20 Engineering Schools That Produce the Best-Paid Graduates

According to the National Association of Colleges and Employers, those graduating with engineering degrees are the highest paid new grads in the US. The average starting salary for an engineer with a bachelor’s degree was $66,521 in 2019. For the Class of 2020, starting salaries were 4% higher — $69,188 on average.

With the help of PayScale, we’ve compiled a list of those engineering schools whose graduates are paid well when they graduate and during their mid-career years. We’ve ranked the schools by the highest mid-career salaries of their graduates.

Rob Spiegel has covered manufacturing for 19 years, 17 of them for Design News. Other topics he has covered include automation, supply chain technology, alternative energy, and cybersecurity. For 10 years, he was the owner and publisher of the food magazine Chile Pepper.