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

  • 6 programs report first-year pay
  • 5 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 Virginia electrical engineering bachelor's program pays its graduates $80,037 in their first year, $2,109 more than the national median. Virginia Tech reports the highest first-year pay ($83,364), and VCU the lowest median debt ($24,000).

Median first-year pay$80,037National $77,928
Median pay after 5 years$101,314National $99,155
Median federal debt$26,725National $25,000
Debt-to-earnings33%National 32%

All 6 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.

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

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

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

Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only the 5 programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

  1. Virginia Tech$83,364
  2. George Mason$82,175
  3. UVA$82,135
  4. VCU$77,938
  5. Liberty University$76,127

Lowest median debt

  1. VCU$24,000
  2. Virginia Tech$25,849
  3. George Mason$26,725
  4. Liberty University$26,899
  5. Old Dominion University$27,580

Lowest debt for the pay

  1. VCU31%
  2. Virginia Tech31%
  3. George Mason33%
  4. Liberty University35%
  5. Old Dominion University38%

"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

$176,160

Median pay in Virginia. 4,390 people work in this job in Virginia. 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%: $124,830Top 10%: $253,060

Electrical Engineers

$119,030

Median pay in Virginia. 7,260 people work in this job in Virginia. 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%: $80,320Top 10%: $173,400

Electronics Engineers, Except Computer

$119,990

Median pay in Virginia. 3,280 people work in this job in Virginia. 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%: $80,700Top 10%: $176,490

Computer Hardware Engineers

$139,030

Median pay in Virginia. 1,720 people work in this job in Virginia. 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%: $87,630Top 10%: $195,290

Common questions

Virginia Tech in Blacksburg reports the highest median first-year pay, $83,364. Its median federal debt is $25,849.

Related pages

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 Virginia 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

  1. U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
  2. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
  3. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
  4. NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024