Texas State Technical College Electromechanical Technology (Associate's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Associate's in Electromechanical Technologies/Technicians
- Public college
- Waco, TX
- About 187 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
Texas State Technical College electromechanical technology graduates earn about what electromechanical technology graduates earn nationally, $59,719 in their first year. The typical graduate leaves with $11,000 in federal loans, close to the national median of $13,000. One other Texas program reports higher pay.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Texas and national columns are the medians across all electromechanical technology associate's programs that report the figure.
Five years out, Texas State Technical College graduates earn about the national figure and about the same as the Texas median.
Debt and first-year pay at every Texas electromechanical technology program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Texas medians.
Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.
What graduates earn over time
Pay rises about 27% between the first and fifth year.
Year 1 and year 5 figures come from different graduating classes, so the growth rate is an estimate.
Does family income change the outcome?
Graduates who received Pell Grants, which go to students from lower-income families, earned $6,179 less in their first year than other graduates. They also borrowed more. Students who expect to rely on grants should weigh this gap.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $117 a month, or 2.4% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
The government publishes these as ranges to protect privacy. They were measured in 2018 to 2020, partly during the pandemic pause on federal loan payments, so the forbearance share may be higher than usual.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
92% of graduates (239 of 260) were working in Texas one year after graduating. Prices in the Waco area are about 7% below the national average, so a $59,719 salary here buys what about $64,526 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 electromechanical technology, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians
$74,050Median pay in Texas. 8,960 people work in this job in Texas. 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.
Medical Equipment Repairers
$58,370Median pay in Texas. 5,540 people work in this job in Texas. 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.
Electrical and Electronics Drafters
$80,620Median pay in Texas. 1,840 people work in this job in Texas. 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.
Calibration Technologists and Technicians
$74,100Median pay in Texas. 5,020 people work in this job in Texas. 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.
About Texas State Technical College
Electromechanical Technology ranks 5th of 26 associate's programs at Texas State Technical College by first-year earnings. The top three are Nursing ($79,324), Electrician Training ($76,445), and Industrial Technology ($64,485).
Common questions
The median graduate earns $59,719 one year after graduating and $75,664 five years after. The median across electromechanical technology associate's programs in Texas is $54,104.
The median federal loan balance is $11,000, which ranks the lowest of 5 electromechanical technology associate's programs in Texas. That works out to about $117 a month over 10 years.
On the numbers, yes for most students. Debt equals 18% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 21%, and the share of borrowers in default two years into repayment is 5% or less.
Most do. 92% (239 of 260) were working in Texas 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 Texas 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 electromechanical technology 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