Texas Tech Computer Engineering (Bachelor's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Bachelor's in Computer Engineering
- Public university
- Lubbock, TX
- About 52 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
Texas Tech computer engineering graduates earn more than graduates of most computer engineering programs nationally, $85,619 in their first year. Debt is high. The typical graduate leaves with $27,000 in federal loans, more than at 79% of computer engineering programs in the country. It is one of the higher-paying computer engineering degrees in Texas.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Texas and national columns are the medians across all computer engineering bachelor's programs that report the figure.
Five years out, Texas Tech graduates earn less than the national figure and about $3,560 less than the Texas median.
Debt and first-year pay at every Texas computer engineering 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 22% between the first and fifth year.
Year 1 and year 5 figures come from different graduating classes, so the growth rate is an estimate.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $286 a month, or 4.0% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
78% of graduates (31 of 40) were working in Texas one year after graduating. Prices in the Lubbock area are about 9% below the national average, so a $85,619 salary here buys what about $93,760 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 computer engineering, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.
Software Developers
$132,150Median pay in Texas. 163,880 people work in this job in Texas. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 10% from 2025 to 2035, with about 95,300 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
Architectural and Engineering Managers
$171,370Median pay in Texas. 19,030 people work in this job in Texas. 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.
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
$101,850Median pay in Texas. 19,590 people work in this job in Texas. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 6% from 2025 to 2035, with about 10,700 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
Computer Network Architects
$133,310Median pay in Texas. 13,650 people work in this job in Texas. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 8% from 2025 to 2035, with about 9,600 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus 5 years or more of related work experience.
About Texas Tech
Computer Engineering ranks 1st of 59 bachelor's programs at Texas Tech by first-year earnings. The top three are Computer Engineering ($85,619), Computer and Information Science ($82,521), and Petroleum Engineering ($80,460).
Common questions
The median graduate earns $85,619 one year after graduating and $104,343 five years after. The median across computer engineering bachelor's programs in Texas is $78,714.
The median federal loan balance is $27,000, which ranks 9th lowest of 9 computer engineering bachelor's programs in Texas. That works out to about $286 a month over 10 years.
It depends on your other options. Debt equals 32% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 31%. Compare the cost with other Texas programs before deciding.
Most do. 78% (31 of 40) 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 computer 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