Which Indiana electrical engineering program has the lowest debt?

Purdue Fort Wayne reports the lowest median federal debt, $17,550, with first-year pay of $67,236.

How much do electrical engineering graduates earn in Indiana?

The median across 9 Indiana electrical engineering bachelor's programs is $73,923 in the first year after graduating and $95,734 five years after.

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

9 Indiana programs report first-year pay for their graduates, and 8 of them also report federal debt.

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

9 programs report first-year pay
8 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 Indiana electrical engineering bachelor's program pays its graduates $73,923 in their first year, $4,005 less than the national median. Notre Dame reports the highest first-year pay ($85,861), and Purdue Fort Wayne the lowest median debt ($17,550).

Median first-year pay$73,923National $77,928

Median pay after 5 years$95,734National $99,155

Median federal debt$25,882National $25,000

Debt-to-earnings33%National 32%

All 9 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	Notre DameNotre Dame · private nonprofit	$85,861	$114,810	$19,000	22%
2	PurdueWest Lafayette · public	$84,300	$95,734	$19,000	23%
3	Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyTerre Haute · private nonprofit	$80,062	$98,012	$26,161	33%
4	Purdue NorthwestHammond · public	$79,917	$90,673	$26,471	33%
5	Trine UniversityAngola · private nonprofit	$73,923	$90,122	$27,000	37%
6	Valparaiso UniversityValparaiso · private nonprofit	$73,662	$87,180	$27,000	37%
7	University of EvansvilleEvansville · private nonprofit	$73,549	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
8	IU IndianapolisIndianapolis · public	$73,122	$100,546	$25,603	35%
9	Purdue Fort WayneFort Wayne · public	$67,236	Not reported	$17,550	26%

University of Evansville reports pay but not debt, so it is ranked only by pay.

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 the 8 programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Notre Dame$85,861
Purdue$84,300
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology$80,062
Purdue Northwest$79,917
Trine University$73,923

Lowest median debt

Purdue Fort Wayne$17,550
Notre Dame$19,000
Purdue$19,000
IU Indianapolis$25,603
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology$26,161

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

$155,810

Median 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.

Bottom 10%: $102,030Top 10%: $214,470

Electrical Engineers

$102,670

Median 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.

Bottom 10%: $69,290Top 10%: $152,480

Electronics Engineers, Except Computer

$112,200

Median 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.

Bottom 10%: $81,060Top 10%: $159,190

Computer Hardware Engineers

$98,350

Median 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.

Bottom 10%: $73,780Top 10%: $136,970

Common questions

Notre Dame in Notre Dame reports the highest median first-year pay, $85,861. Its median federal debt is $19,000.

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 Indiana 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