Engineering

Engineering Physics

Southeast Missouri State University · Cape Girardeau, MO

Medium evidenceMatched peers12 institutions · related subjectsSee the evidence

The degree in numbers

Cost & earnings.

Annual tuition$9,496Institution-level tuition; programme fees may differ · before aid
Grouped debt estimate$27,000Same subject at 3 matched peer institutions · bachelor's
Annual credentials awarded7Average 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$65,077
Same subject · national$60,171
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: $63,407–$66,516.

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
University of Missouri-Kansas CityCivil Engineering, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Mechanical Engineering$65,920
University of IdahoChemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Mechanical Engineering$63,542
Youngstown State UniversityChemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Civil Engineering Technologies/Technicians, Electrical Engineering Technologies/Technicians, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians$68,199
The University of Tennessee-ChattanoogaChemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Engineering, General, Engineering-Related Fields, Mechanical Engineering$65,164
Jacksonville State UniversityEngineering Technologies/Technicians, Other$63,005
Florida Gulf Coast UniversityBiomedical/Medical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering$57,318
Eastern Kentucky UniversityEngineering-Related Fields$63,749
Saginaw Valley State UniversityElectrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Mechanical Engineering$75,860
Central Connecticut State UniversityCivil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians$64,990
University of North DakotaChemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Petroleum Engineering$66,325
Tennessee Technological UniversityChemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Engineering Technology, General, Mechanical Engineering$60,256
Ferris State UniversityArchitectural Engineering Technologies/Technicians, Electrical Engineering Technologies/Technicians, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians$67,090
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 ↗