$60,192
Grouped estimate · Medium evidence.
Related subjects at 12 matched peer institutions · bachelor's
Historical archive, not a current salary estimate.
Engineering
Paper Science and Engineering
Western Michigan University · Kalamazoo, MI
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Related subjects at 12 matched peer institutions · bachelor's
Grouped estimate. Middle half of comparison values: $58,829–$63,507.
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.
| Institution & subject | Reported earnings |
|---|---|
| Wayne State UniversityChemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering Technologies/Technicians, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering | $76,460 |
| Montana State UniversityChemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Construction Engineering Technologies, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians | $59,204 |
| Sam Houston State UniversityConstruction Engineering Technologies | $60,128 |
| University of Nevada-RenoChemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering, Geological/Geophysical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mining and Mineral Engineering | $57,705 |
| Boise State UniversityCivil Engineering, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Mechanical Engineering | $60,025 |
| Western Carolina UniversityConstruction Engineering Technologies, Electrical Engineering Technologies/Technicians, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Engineering Technology, General | $56,608 |
| Washington State UniversityBiomedical/Medical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Mechanical Engineering | $64,121 |
| West Virginia UniversityAerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mining and Mineral Engineering, Petroleum Engineering | $65,348 |
| Tennessee Technological UniversityChemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Engineering Technology, General, Mechanical Engineering | $60,256 |
| Murray State UniversityCivil Engineering Technologies/Technicians, Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians, Engineering Physics | $47,260 |
| Ohio University-Main CampusChemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering | $61,020 |
| University of Wisconsin-StoutEngineering Technology, General, Engineering-Related Fields, Manufacturing Engineering | $63,302 |
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 ↗