Which Texas electrical engineering program has the lowest debt?

Lamar University reports the lowest median federal debt, $18,000, with first-year pay of $83,155.

How much do electrical engineering graduates earn in Texas?

The median across 19 Texas electrical engineering bachelor's programs is $77,971 in the first year after graduating and $99,037 five years after.

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

19 Texas programs report first-year pay for their graduates, and 16 of them also report federal debt.

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

19 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 Texas electrical engineering bachelor's program pays its graduates $77,971 in their first year, $43 more than the national median. UT Austin reports the highest first-year pay ($96,997), and Lamar University the lowest median debt ($18,000).

Median first-year pay$77,971National $77,928

Median pay after 5 years$99,037National $99,155

Median federal debt$25,596National $25,000

Debt-to-earnings33%National 32%

All 19 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	UT AustinAustin · public	$96,997	$123,101	$20,500	21%
2	Rice UniversityHouston · private nonprofit	$96,751	$139,102	Not reported	Not reported
3	University of HoustonHouston · public	$86,136	$107,025	$25,692	30%
4	Prairie View A&M UniversityPrairie View · public	$84,195	$106,989	$28,081	33%
5	Texas A&MCollege Station · public	$83,389	$107,294	$22,482	27%
6	Lamar UniversityBeaumont · public	$83,155	$97,857	$18,000	22%
7	Baylor UniversityWaco · private nonprofit	$82,475	$98,324	$21,500	26%
8	Texas TechLubbock · public	$79,544	$98,444	$26,000	33%
9	UT TylerTyler · public	$78,266	$85,513	$25,274	32%
10	Texas A&M-KingsvilleKingsville · public	$77,971	$106,367	$27,702	36%
11	UT DallasRichardson · public	$77,928	$102,788	$25,500	33%
12	UNTDenton · public	$75,265	$96,911	$27,004	36%
13	UT ArlingtonArlington · public	$75,116	$95,707	$25,990	35%
14	UTEPEl Paso · public	$74,285	$99,630	$18,500	25%
15	Texas StateSan Marcos · public	$72,990	$104,885	$28,000	38%
16	Texas A&M-Corpus ChristiCorpus Christi · public	$71,616	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
17	UTSASan Antonio · public	$70,489	$89,136	$26,971	38%
18	Texas A&M-TexarkanaTexarkana · public	$50,207	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
19	UTRGVEdinburg · public	$45,597	$87,466	$19,250	42%

Rice University, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, and Texas A&M-Texarkana report pay but not debt, so they are ranked only by pay.

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

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

UT Austin$96,997
Rice University$96,751
University of Houston$86,136
Prairie View A&M University$84,195
Texas A&M$83,389

Lowest median debt

Lamar University$18,000
UTEP$18,500
UTRGV$19,250
UT Austin$20,500
Baylor University$21,500

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

$171,370

Median pay in Texas. 19,030 people work in this job in Texas. 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%: $120,460Top 10%: $277,790

Electrical Engineers

$129,450

Median pay in Texas. 20,870 people work in this job in Texas. 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%: $76,120Top 10%: $210,160

Electronics Engineers, Except Computer

$132,220

Median pay in Texas. 9,520 people work in this job in Texas. 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%: $82,950Top 10%: $205,710

Computer Hardware Engineers

$163,860

Median pay in Texas. 7,390 people work in this job in Texas. 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%: $92,940Top 10%: $216,260

Common questions

UT Austin in Austin reports the highest median first-year pay, $96,997. Its median federal debt is $20,500.

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 Texas 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