Engineering

Metallurgical Engineering

Montana Technological University · Butte, MT

Medium evidenceMatched peers12 institutions · related subjectsSee the evidence

The degree in numbers

Cost & earnings.

Annual tuition$24,730Institution-level tuition; programme fees may differ · before aid
Grouped debt estimate$26,812Related subjects at 12 matched peer institutions · bachelor's
Annual credentials awarded14Average of available recent award years; not the earnings sample size.

Earnings context

One career stage.
A clearer comparison.

USD · Bachelor's · 2 years after completion
Same source release. National references exclude this degree.

Selected degree estimate$61,922
Engineering · national$63,302

Behind the number

Your comparison group.

Medium evidence

Related subjects at 12 matched peer institutions · bachelor's

Grouped estimate. Middle half of comparison values: $56,373–$65,783.

Historical earnings archive. College Scorecard legacy FOS archive (file dated 2022-01-19; cohorts vary). Do not interpret this as today's graduate salary. Further study and career changes are not modelled by this early-career figure.

Bachelor's outcomes · 2 years after completion
Institution & subjectReported earnings
Keene State CollegeEngineering Technologies/Technicians, Other$40,368
Frostburg State UniversityEngineering, General$63,005
Oregon Institute of TechnologyCivil Engineering, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Engineering, Other, Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians$60,839
Pittsburg State UniversityElectrical Engineering Technologies/Technicians, Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians$56,246
University of Connecticut-Waterbury CampusBiomedical/Medical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering · shared campus reporting$67,025
South Dakota School of Mines and TechnologyChemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Geological/Geophysical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mining and Mineral Engineering$65,397
SUNY College of Technology at DelhiEngineering Technologies/Technicians, Other$66,941
The University of Tennessee-MartinEngineering, General$56,415
University of North Carolina AshevilleEngineering, General$63,005
University of Washington-Bothell CampusElectrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Mechanical Engineering · shared campus reporting$70,961
University of Massachusetts-DartmouthBiomedical/Medical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Mechanical Engineering$56,098
SUNY Polytechnic InstituteCivil Engineering Technologies/Technicians, Electrical Engineering Technologies/Technicians, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians$60,117
How matching & uncertainty work

We first look for the same subject code (or exact subject name), qualification, country, currency, source release and earnings horizon. Peer institutions are matched using admissions selectivity, completion rates, undergraduate size and institution type, with a small preference for the same region. These are institutional proxies, not a ranking of programme quality.

If subject-matched peers are sparse, we try related subjects at closely matched universities, related degrees at this university, then an explicitly labelled national reference. We never multiply a salary by a university prestige score.

Peer and national estimates give each reporting institution one vote, after taking the median of its related programmes. Shared branch-campus outcomes count once. The middle-half range describes variation between reporting institutions. It is not an individual salary range or a statistical confidence interval.

Evidence labels describe match quality and coverage, not validated prediction accuracy. Admissions and size are undergraduate institutional measures, so graduate-degree comparisons are especially approximate.

Historical cohort outcomes are not promised salaries or a causal effect of attending this programme. College Scorecard earnings cover eligible federal-aid recipients, not every graduate or international student. Source definitions ↗