Purdue Fort Wayne Electrical Engineering (Bachelor's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Bachelor's in Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering
- Public university
- Fort Wayne, IN
- About 17 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
Purdue Fort Wayne electrical engineering graduates earn less than graduates of most electrical engineering programs nationally, $67,236 in their first year. Where this program stands out is debt. The typical graduate leaves with $17,550 in federal loans, less than at 89% of electrical engineering programs in the country. Debt is low, but pay is also below the Indiana median of $73,923.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Indiana and national columns are the medians across all electrical engineering bachelor's programs that report the figure.
Debt and first-year pay at every Indiana electrical engineering program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Indiana medians.
Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $186 a month, or 3.3% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
80% of graduates (16 of 20) were working in Indiana one year after graduating. Prices in the Fort Wayne area are about 7% below the national average, so a $67,236 salary here buys what about $72,631 buys in a typical US city.
Careers this field leads to
These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to electrical engineering, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.
Architectural and Engineering Managers
$155,810Median pay in Indiana. 4,610 people work in this job in Indiana. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 6% from 2025 to 2035, with about 14,900 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus 5 years or more of related work experience.
Electrical Engineers
$102,670Median pay in Indiana. 4,000 people work in this job in Indiana. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 10% from 2025 to 2035, with about 11,400 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer
$112,200Median pay in Indiana. 1,420 people work in this job in Indiana. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 4% from 2025 to 2035, with about 4,900 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
Computer Hardware Engineers
$98,350Median pay in Indiana. 320 people work in this job in Indiana. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 9% from 2025 to 2035, with about 4,100 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
About Purdue Fort Wayne
Electrical Engineering ranks 2nd of 25 bachelor's programs at Purdue Fort Wayne by first-year earnings. The top three are Nursing ($70,046), Electrical Engineering ($67,236), and Mechanical Engineering Technology ($65,385).
Other electrical engineering bachelor's programs near Fort Wayne
Common questions
The median graduate earns $67,236 one year after graduating. The median across electrical engineering bachelor's programs in Indiana is $73,923.
The median federal loan balance is $17,550, which ranks the lowest of 8 electrical engineering bachelor's programs in Indiana. That works out to about $186 a month over 10 years.
On the numbers, yes for most students. Debt equals 26% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 32%. If the highest possible early salary is the main goal, several Indiana programs report higher pay, usually with more debt.
Most do. 80% (16 of 20) were working in Indiana one year after graduating.
About this data
- Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid (grants or loans).
- Earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school. Graduates who went straight to further study are not included.
- Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
- Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Indiana comparisons when their main campus is in another state.
- Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.
- School-level numbers like tuition, admission rate, and graduation rate are for the whole school, not the electrical engineering program.
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
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024
- NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024