Which New York electrical engineering program has the lowest debt?

Columbia University reports the lowest median federal debt, $12,000, with first-year pay of $84,019.

How much do electrical engineering graduates earn in New York?

The median across 18 New York electrical engineering bachelor's programs is $77,952 in the first year after graduating and $98,100 five years after.

How many electrical engineering bachelor's programs are in New York?

18 New York programs report first-year pay for their graduates, and 16 of them also report federal debt.

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

18 programs report first-year pay
16 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 New York electrical engineering bachelor's program pays its graduates $77,952 in their first year, $24 more than the national median. Cornell University reports the highest first-year pay ($100,516), and Columbia University the lowest median debt ($12,000).

Median first-year pay$77,952National $77,928

Median pay after 5 years$98,100National $99,155

Median federal debt$24,313National $25,000

Debt-to-earnings32%National 32%

All 18 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	Cornell UniversityIthaca · private nonprofit	$100,516	$131,283	$14,750	15%
2	Syracuse UniversitySyracuse · private nonprofit	$84,494	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
3	Columbia UniversityNew York · private nonprofit	$84,019	$112,032	$12,000	14%
4	University of RochesterRochester · private nonprofit	$83,705	$108,714	$18,750	22%
5	RPITroy · private nonprofit	$83,412	$116,079	$24,625	30%
6	RITRochester · private nonprofit	$82,726	$95,812	$29,000	35%
7	Stony Brook UniversityStony Brook · public	$79,571	$95,700	$14,500	18%
8	City College of New YorkNew York · public	$78,172	$91,761	$13,563	17%
9	SUNY Maritime CollegeThroggs Neck · public	$77,964	$97,518	$25,500	33%
10	Clarkson UniversityPotsdam · private nonprofit	$77,940	$98,812	$26,926	35%
11	NYUNew York · private nonprofit	$74,220	$101,841	$24,000	32%
12	University at BuffaloBuffalo · public	$74,205	$91,292	$23,500	32%
13	Binghamton UniversityVestal · public	$73,095	$92,196	$25,654	35%
14	SUNY New PaltzNew Paltz · public	$72,238	$98,100	$25,125	35%
15	Manhattan UniversityRiverdale · private nonprofit	$70,961	$100,955	$22,750	32%
16	New York Institute of TechnologyOld Westbury · private nonprofit	$70,362	$79,877	$26,000	37%
17	College of Staten IslandStaten Island · public	$66,506	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
18	SUNY Polytechnic InstituteUtica · public	$66,211	Not reported	$26,000	39%

Syracuse University and College of Staten Island report pay but not debt, so they are ranked only by pay.

Debt and first-year pay at every New York electrical engineering program

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

Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only the 16 programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Cornell University$100,516
Syracuse University$84,494
Columbia University$84,019
University of Rochester$83,705
RPI$83,412

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

$175,710

Median pay in New York. 8,250 people work in this job in New York. 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%: $128,500Top 10%: $274,870

Electrical Engineers

$119,010

Median pay in New York. 8,770 people work in this job in New York. 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%: $74,870Top 10%: $168,820

Electronics Engineers, Except Computer

$119,180

Median pay in New York. 2,220 people work in this job in New York. 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%: $81,840Top 10%: $174,950

Computer Hardware Engineers

$163,470

Median pay in New York. 3,020 people work in this job in New York. 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%: $101,530Top 10%: $224,490

Common questions

Cornell University in Ithaca reports the highest median first-year pay, $100,516. Its median federal debt is $14,750.

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 New York 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