Which Massachusetts electrical engineering program has the lowest debt?

MIT reports the lowest median federal debt, $11,935, with first-year pay of $117,345.

How much do electrical engineering graduates earn in Massachusetts?

The median across 11 Massachusetts electrical engineering bachelor's programs is $82,798 in the first year after graduating and $103,304 five years after.

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

11 Massachusetts programs report first-year pay for their graduates, and 10 of them also report federal debt.

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

11 programs report first-year pay
10 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 Massachusetts electrical engineering bachelor's program pays its graduates $82,798 in their first year, $4,870 more than the national median. MIT reports the highest first-year pay ($117,345), and MIT the lowest median debt ($11,935).

Median first-year pay$82,798National $77,928

Median pay after 5 years$103,304National $99,155

Median federal debt$26,323National $25,000

Debt-to-earnings31%National 32%

All 11 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	MITCambridge · private nonprofit	$117,345	$190,731	$11,935	10%
2	Northeastern UniversityBoston · private nonprofit	$92,222	$103,304	$24,835	27%
3	WPIWorcester · private nonprofit	$89,897	$105,931	$26,977	30%
4	Western New England UniversitySpringfield · private nonprofit	$83,808	Not reported	$26,000	31%
5	Wentworth Institute of TechnologyBoston · private nonprofit	$82,962	$101,421	$26,000	31%
6	UMass LowellLowell · public	$82,798	$95,858	$27,000	33%
7	UMass BostonBoston · public	$82,118	Not reported	$25,874	32%
8	Boston UniversityBoston · private nonprofit	$80,528	$112,437	$26,646	33%
9	UMass DartmouthNorth Dartmouth · public	$79,857	$94,580	$27,500	34%
10	Merrimack CollegeNorth Andover · private nonprofit	$79,659	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
11	UMass AmherstAmherst · public	$79,414	$99,215	$27,000	34%

Merrimack College reports pay but not debt, so it is ranked only by pay.

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

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

Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only the 10 programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

MIT$117,345
Northeastern University$92,222
WPI$89,897
Western New England University$83,808
Wentworth Institute of Technology$82,962

Lowest median debt

MIT$11,935
Northeastern University$24,835
UMass Boston$25,874
Western New England University$26,000
Wentworth Institute of Technology$26,000

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

$201,430

Median pay in Massachusetts. 7,690 people work in this job in Massachusetts. 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%: $137,750Top 10%: $286,410

Electrical Engineers

$127,720

Median pay in Massachusetts. 5,040 people work in this job in Massachusetts. 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%: $78,140Top 10%: $176,470

Electronics Engineers, Except Computer

$138,230

Median pay in Massachusetts. 5,910 people work in this job in Massachusetts. 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%: $95,090Top 10%: $215,290

Computer Hardware Engineers

$167,600

Median pay in Massachusetts. 3,150 people work in this job in Massachusetts. 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%: $118,490Top 10%: $258,880

Common questions

MIT in Cambridge reports the highest median first-year pay, $117,345. Its median federal debt is $11,935.

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 Massachusetts 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