Which Colorado electrical engineering program has the lowest debt?

CU Boulder reports the lowest median federal debt, $20,414, with first-year pay of $88,957.

How much do electrical engineering graduates earn in Colorado?

The median across 5 Colorado electrical engineering bachelor's programs is $80,513 in the first year after graduating and $103,433 five years after.

How many electrical engineering bachelor's programs are in Colorado?

5 Colorado programs report first-year pay for their graduates, and 5 of them also report federal debt.

Electrical Engineering (Bachelor's) Programs in Colorado, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

5 programs report first-year pay
5 also report federal debt
Bachelor's in Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering

College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025

The short answer

The median Colorado electrical engineering bachelor's program pays its graduates $80,513 in their first year, $2,585 more than the national median. CU Boulder reports the highest first-year pay ($88,957), and CU Boulder the lowest median debt ($20,414).

Median first-year pay$80,513National $77,928

Median pay after 5 years$103,433National $99,155

Median federal debt$25,324National $25,000

Debt-to-earnings31%National 32%

All 5 programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	School	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Debt to pay
1	CU BoulderBoulder · public	$88,957	$107,891	$20,414	23%
2	Colorado School of MinesGolden · public	$80,815	$103,408	$22,000	27%
3	UCCSColorado Springs · public	$80,513	$93,250	$25,324	31%
4	CU DenverDenver · public	$78,878	$103,433	$34,500	44%
5	Colorado StateFort Collins · public	$78,038	$107,989	$25,900	33%

Debt and first-year pay at every Colorado electrical engineering program

Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Colorado medians.

Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only the 5 programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Lowest median debt

Lowest debt for the pay

"Debt for the pay" is median debt divided by first-year pay. Only programs that report both figures are included.

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

$183,810

Median pay in Colorado. 4,900 people work in this job in Colorado. 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.

Bottom 10%: $135,380Top 10%: $272,950

Electrical Engineers

$120,760

Median pay in Colorado. 4,200 people work in this job in Colorado. 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.

Bottom 10%: $81,720Top 10%: $177,310

Electronics Engineers, Except Computer

$127,010

Median pay in Colorado. 6,080 people work in this job in Colorado. 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.

Bottom 10%: $84,510Top 10%: $191,140

Computer Hardware Engineers

$156,080

Median pay in Colorado. 2,660 people work in this job in Colorado. 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.

Bottom 10%: $100,050Top 10%: $222,220

Common questions

CU Boulder in Boulder reports the highest median first-year pay, $88,957. Its median federal debt is $20,414.

Electrical Engineering (Bachelor's) programs in the US, ranked247 programs by pay and debt

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.
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 Colorado rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Medians are across the electrical engineering bachelor's programs that report each figure, so the counts differ by figure. Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.

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, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024