Engineering

Engineering, Other

Norfolk State University · Norfolk, VA

Medium evidenceMatched peers12 institutions · related subjectsSee the evidence

The degree in numbers

Cost & earnings.

Annual tuition$21,412Institution-level tuition; programme fees may differ · before aid
Grouped debt estimate$27,500Related subjects at 12 matched peer institutions · bachelor's
Annual credentials awarded6Average 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$58,469
Same subject · national$62,898
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: $54,674–$63,685.

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
Purdue University Fort WayneCivil Engineering, Construction Engineering Technologies, Electrical Engineering Technologies/Technicians, Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians$52,680
Virginia State UniversityElectrical Engineering Technologies/Technicians$31,781
Texas A & M University-Corpus ChristiMechanical Engineering$52,107
Midwestern State UniversityMechanical Engineering$55,964
Lamar UniversityChemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Mechanical Engineering$67,894
Jackson State UniversityCivil Engineering$55,338
University of Houston-DowntownCivil Engineering Technologies/Technicians$57,318
University of Maryland Eastern ShoreCivil Engineering Technologies/Technicians$61,516
The University of Texas Permian BasinMechanical Engineering, Petroleum Engineering$78,632
Tennessee State UniversityCivil Engineering, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians$59,620
Pennsylvania State University-World CampusChemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering Technologies/Technicians, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Engineering, General, Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians, Petroleum Engineering, Polymer/Plastics Engineering · shared campus reporting$65,913
University of Nebraska at OmahaCivil Engineering, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering$62,942
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 ↗