Which state pays electromechanical technology associate's graduates the most?

Minnesota, where the median program pays its graduates $61,864 in their first year, the highest of 2 state rankings. Texas is next, at $54,104.

Which electromechanical technology associate's program pays the most?

Vincennes University in Indiana reports the highest first-year pay of the 55 programs ranked here, $82,305. Its median federal debt is $9,117.

How much debt do electromechanical technology associate's graduates have?

The median program leaves its graduates with $13,000 in federal debt. Across programs, the median debt is 21% of first-year pay.

Highest-Paying Electromechanical Technology (Associate's) Programs in the US

55 programs report first-year pay
2 state rankings
Associate's in Electromechanical Technologies/Technicians

College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025

The short answer

The median electromechanical technology associate's program in the US pays its graduates $58,623 in their first year and $74,004 five years after. Minnesota has the highest state median ($61,864), and Texas the lowest ($54,104). The median program leaves its graduates with $13,000 in federal debt.

Median first-year pay$58,623Across 55 programs

Median pay after 5 years$74,004Across 52 programs

Median federal debt$13,000Across 37 programs

Debt-to-earnings21%Across 36 programs

All 55 programs, ranked by graduate pay

Each program is ranked by the median pay of its graduates one year after they finished, from College Scorecard. This measures what graduates earn, not how good the teaching is. Pay also depends on where graduates live and work. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	School	Year 1 pay	After cost of living	Year 5 pay	Debt	Debt to pay
1	Vincennes UniversityVincennes, IN · public	$82,305	$88,188	$93,581	$9,117	11%
2	Bismarck State CollegeBismarck, ND · public	$77,701	$87,345	$106,999	$12,000	15%
3	Robeson Community CollegeLumberton, NC · public	$77,593	$82,260	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
4	Utah Valley UniversityOrem, UT · public	$77,137	$78,023	$79,307	Not reported	Not reported
5	Mitchell Technical CollegeMitchell, SD · public	$72,319	$81,637	Not reported	$14,831	21%
6	Hennepin Technical CollegeBrooklyn Park, MN · public	$71,199	$72,195	$84,229	$16,465	23%
7	Northeast Community CollegeNorfolk, NE · public	$70,808	Not adjusted	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
8	Greenville Technical CollegeGreenville, SC · public	$70,688	$75,401	$76,265	$12,911	18%
9	Dakota County Technical CollegeRosemount, MN · public	$69,044	Not adjusted	$78,875	Not reported	Not reported
10	Montana State University BillingsBillings, MT · public	$68,144	Not adjusted	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
11	Excelsior UniversityAlbany, NY · private nonprofit	$67,558	Not adjusted	$66,150	$6,567	10%
12	Pennsylvania Western UniversityCalifornia, PA · public	$67,362	$69,038	Not reported	$27,000	40%
13	Spokane Community CollegeSpokane, WA · public	$66,293	$61,949	$46,165	Not reported	Not reported
14	Spartanburg Community CollegeSpartanburg, SC · public	$65,388	$69,748	Not reported	$9,250	14%
15	Waukesha County Technical CollegePewaukee, WI · public	$65,178	$69,268	$81,937	$13,000	20%
16	Southwest Wisconsin Technical CollegeFennimore, WI · public	$65,078	Not adjusted	$71,428	Not reported	Not reported
17	Tyler Junior CollegeTyler, TX · public	$64,741	Not adjusted	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
18	St Cloud Technical and Community CollegeSaint Cloud, MN · public	$63,348	$64,234	$70,091	$17,148	27%
19	Dunwoody College of TechnologyMinneapolis, MN · private nonprofit	$62,790	$63,668	$76,421	$14,604	23%
20	Chippewa Valley Technical CollegeEau Claire, WI · public	$62,556	$66,482	$74,197	$14,750	24%
21	Cincinnati State Technical and Community CollegeCincinnati, OH · public	$61,788	$66,601	$73,884	$11,000	18%
22	Ranken Technical CollegeSaint Louis, MO · private nonprofit	$61,225	Not adjusted	$74,124	$14,000	23%
23	Central Lakes College-BrainerdBrainerd, MN · public	$60,937	$61,789	$69,839	Not reported	Not reported
24	Western Technical College (Wisconsin)La Crosse, WI · public	$60,488	$64,284	$72,827	$11,000	18%
25	Lake Area Technical CollegeWatertown, SD · public	$60,085	$67,827	Not reported	$13,125	22%
26	Texas State Technical CollegeWaco, TX · public	$59,719	$61,530	$75,664	$11,000	18%
27	Ridgewater CollegeWillmar, MN · public	$58,968	$59,793	Not reported	$17,196	29%
28	Fox Valley Technical CollegeAppleton, WI · public	$58,623	$62,302	$76,912	Not reported	Not reported
29	Tri-County Technical CollegePendleton, SC · public	$58,406	$62,300	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
30	ITI Technical CollegeBaton Rouge, LA · private for-profit	$58,261	$66,050	$95,438	$16,368	28%
31	Central Maine Community CollegeAuburn, ME · public	$57,505	$59,253	$56,119	$10,000	17%
32	University of Northwestern OhioLima, OH · private nonprofit	$57,345	$61,811	Not reported	$13,084	23%
33	Schoolcraft Community College DistrictLivonia, MI · public	$57,104	$59,349	$80,555	Not reported	Not reported
34	South Central CollegeNorth Mankato, MN · public	$56,246	$57,032	Not reported	$8,450	15%
35	St Petersburg CollegeSt. Petersburg, FL · public	$55,598	$53,763	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
36	Alexandria Technical & Community CollegeAlexandria, MN · public	$55,372	$56,146	$73,457	$12,000	22%
37	Amarillo CollegeAmarillo, TX · public	$54,396	$56,045	$68,057	$15,599	29%
38	Lamar Institute of TechnologyBeaumont, TX · public	$54,104	$55,745	$112,413	$11,000	20%
39	San Jacinto Community CollegePasadena, TX · public	$53,710	$55,339	$77,377	$14,476	27%
40	Piedmont Technical CollegeGreenwood, SC · public	$53,518	$57,086	$60,159	$12,000	22%
41	Springfield Technical Community CollegeSpringfield, MA · public	$52,666	$49,799	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
42	Clark CollegeVancouver, WA · public	$52,604	Not adjusted	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
43	Madisonville Community CollegeMadisonville, KY · public	$52,039	$57,719	$74,166	$5,500	11%
44	SOWELA Technical Community CollegeLake Charles, LA · public	$51,912	$58,852	$71,409	$8,500	16%
45	Ashland Community and Technical CollegeAshland, KY · public	$50,906	$56,462	Not reported	$16,289	32%
46	Kirkwood Community CollegeCedar Rapids, IA · public	$50,387	$57,413	$73,881	$15,983	32%
47	Angelina CollegeLufkin, TX · public	$48,699	$50,176	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
48	River Parishes Community CollegeGonzales, LA · public	$47,726	$54,107	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
49	Northcentral Technical CollegeWausau, WI · public	$47,684	$50,676	$68,624	$7,457	16%
50	Remington College-Dallas CampusDallas, TX · private nonprofit	$45,445	$46,823	$53,242	$20,000	44%
51	Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology (Oklahoma)Tulsa, OK · private for-profit	$44,354	Not adjusted	$46,297	$19,144	43%
52	Institute of Technology (California)Clovis, CA · private for-profit	$39,546	$35,717	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
53	Motlow State Community CollegeTullahoma, TN · public	$39,211	$42,681	Not reported	$6,825	17%
54	Mesalands Community CollegeTucumcari, NM · public	$35,517	$38,517	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
55	Mech-Tech CollegeCaguas, PR · private for-profit	$26,942	Not adjusted	$35,458	$2,814	10%

Pay after cost of living divides first-year pay by the Bureau of Economic Analysis price level of the school's state, where the US average is 100. It is shown for 45 programs where at least half of the graduates who work are working in the school's state. The other 10, whose graduates mostly work in other states or whose state has no price level, are listed last when you sort by it.

19 programs report pay but not debt, so they are ranked only by pay.

College Scorecard withholds pay for programs with too few graduates, to protect their privacy, so those programs can't be ranked.

Electromechanical Technology (Associate's) programs by state

Each row is the median across the state's electromechanical technology associate's programs. State names link to the full ranking of that state's programs.

State	Programs	Year 1 pay	Debt
Minnesota	8	$61,864	$15,535
Texas	7	$54,104	$14,476

Programs in 26 more states and territories report pay, but too few to rank. A state ranking needs at least five programs that report both pay and debt.

Quick picks nationwide

Lowest median debt

South Central College, MN$8,450
Texas State Technical College, TX$11,000
Lamar Institute of Technology, TX$11,000
Alexandria Technical & Community College, MN$12,000
San Jacinto Community College, TX$14,476
Dunwoody College of Technology, MN$14,604
Amarillo College, TX$15,599
Hennepin Technical College, MN$16,465
St Cloud Technical and Community College, MN$17,148
Ridgewater College, MN$17,196

Lowest debt for the pay

South Central College, MN15%
Texas State Technical College, TX18%
Lamar Institute of Technology, TX20%
Alexandria Technical & Community College, MN22%
Hennepin Technical College, MN23%
Dunwoody College of Technology, MN23%
San Jacinto Community College, TX27%
St Cloud Technical and Community College, MN27%
Amarillo College, TX29%
Ridgewater College, MN29%

Only the 11 programs with their own page here are included. "Debt for the pay" is median debt divided by first-year pay.

Careers this field leads to

These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to electromechanical technology, largest first. Pay is the median across the US and all experience levels.

Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians

$78,190

Median pay in the US. 95,130 people work in this job in the US. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 2% from 2025 to 2035, with about 8,100 openings a year. Typical education to start: associate's degree.

Bottom 10%: $49,510Top 10%: $115,700

Medical Equipment Repairers

$61,660

Median pay in the US. 65,990 people work in this job in the US. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 13% from 2025 to 2035, with about 8,200 openings a year. Typical education to start: associate's degree.

Bottom 10%: $38,490Top 10%: $98,280

Electrical and Electronics Drafters

$76,870

Median pay in the US. 17,920 people work in this job in the US. Nationally, jobs are projected to shrink 3% from 2025 to 2035, with about 1,400 openings a year. Typical education to start: associate's degree.

Bottom 10%: $50,040Top 10%: $120,290

Calibration Technologists and Technicians

$67,820

Median pay in the US. 16,540 people work in this job in the US. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 5% from 2025 to 2035, with about 1,500 openings a year. Typical education to start: associate's degree.

Bottom 10%: $46,680Top 10%: $106,550

Common questions

The median electromechanical technology associate's program in the US pays its graduates $58,623 in their first year and $74,004 five years after.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Medians are across programs, not students: each program counts once, however many graduates it has.
National medians include every program in the 50 states, DC, and US territories, including schools that have since closed. Schools with several campuses that report one combined figure are counted once.
Programs are ranked by College Scorecard median pay one year after graduation. Pay after cost of living uses the price level of the school's state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025. Price levels are the Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parities for 2024.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk
Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024