Engineering

Engineering Physics

Westmont College · Santa Barbara, CA

Medium evidenceMatched peers12 institutions · related subjectsSee the evidence

The degree in numbers

Cost & earnings.

Annual tuition$51,790Institution-level tuition; programme fees may differ · before aid
Grouped debt estimate$24,373Same subject at 7 matched peer institutions · bachelor's
Annual credentials awarded4Average 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$67,504
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: $61,020–$69,897.

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
Kettering UniversityChemical Engineering, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering$79,434
University of EvansvilleMechanical Engineering$61,020
University of Mount UnionMechanical Engineering$69,338
Lawrence Technological UniversityBiomedical/Medical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Engineering Technology, General, Mechanical Engineering$73,949
Gannon UniversityMechanical Engineering$58,673
Manhattan CollegeChemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Mechanical Engineering$67,772
Clarkson UniversityAerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Engineering-Related Fields, Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering, Mechanical Engineering$67,748
Elizabethtown CollegeEngineering, General$62,508
Marietta CollegePetroleum Engineering$71,575
Messiah UniversityEngineering, General$60,623
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-PrescottAerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Mechanical Engineering$61,020
Bradley UniversityCivil Engineering, Construction Engineering, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering$67,260
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 ↗