Which Pennsylvania computer engineering program has the lowest debt?

Lehigh University reports the lowest median federal debt, $24,625, with first-year pay of $82,209.

How much do computer engineering graduates earn in Pennsylvania?

The median across 7 Pennsylvania computer engineering bachelor's programs is $85,446 in the first year after graduating and $113,884 five years after.

How many computer engineering bachelor's programs are in Pennsylvania?

7 Pennsylvania programs report first-year pay for their graduates, and 6 of them also report federal debt.

Computer Engineering (Bachelor's) Programs in Pennsylvania, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

7 programs report first-year pay
6 also report federal debt
Bachelor's in Computer Engineering

College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025

The short answer

The median Pennsylvania computer engineering bachelor's program pays its graduates $85,446 in their first year, $6,531 more than the national median. Villanova University reports the highest first-year pay ($94,228), and Lehigh University the lowest median debt ($24,625).

Median first-year pay$85,446National $78,915

Median pay after 5 years$113,884National $107,903

Median federal debt$26,773National $24,500

Debt-to-earnings31%National 31%

All 7 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	Villanova UniversityVillanova · private nonprofit	$94,228	$115,714	$26,000	28%
2	Bucknell UniversityLewisburg · private nonprofit	$90,171	$140,705	Not reported	Not reported
3	Drexel UniversityPhiladelphia · private nonprofit	$89,418	$119,954	$28,166	31%
4	Penn StateUniversity Park · public	$85,446	$110,493	$26,708	31%
5	Lehigh UniversityBethlehem · private nonprofit	$82,209	$113,884	$24,625	30%
6	Shippensburg University of PennsylvaniaShippensburg · public	$80,574	$84,509	$27,000	34%
7	University of PittsburghPittsburgh · public	$78,075	$103,404	$26,837	34%

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

Debt and first-year pay at every Pennsylvania computer engineering program

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

Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only the 6 programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.

Quick picks

"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 computer engineering, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.

Software Developers

$126,550

Median pay in Pennsylvania. 55,920 people work in this job in Pennsylvania. 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.

Bottom 10%: $77,750Top 10%: $178,080

Architectural and Engineering Managers

$164,690

Median pay in Pennsylvania. 9,640 people work in this job in Pennsylvania. 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%: $118,170Top 10%: $221,940

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

$93,030

Median pay in Pennsylvania. 4,530 people work in this job in Pennsylvania. 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.

Bottom 10%: $58,970Top 10%: $133,120

Computer Network Architects

$131,840

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

Bottom 10%: $79,240Top 10%: $188,120

Common questions

Villanova University in Villanova reports the highest median first-year pay, $94,228. Its median federal debt is $26,000.

Computer Engineering (Bachelor's) programs in the US, ranked165 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 Pennsylvania rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Medians are across the computer 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