Is a Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians degree worth it?
Across 50 schools, graduates of Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians earn a median $85,005 five years out on $27,667 of debt — most often working as Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians. Every figure is a real, published federal number.
Median 5-yr pay
$85,005
Median debt
$27,667
Years to pay off
3.9
at 10% of pay
AI task exposure
38%
GPT-4-era overlap
10-yr job growth
+1.1%
BLS 2024–2034
Gender pay gap
15.5%
$86,017 vs $72,664
Net price
$15,267/yr
Debt-test failures
0%
of programs
'Real' premium
+$25,085
vs avg, adjusted
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Explore Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians in full →Data: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, BLS OEWS, O*NET, AI-exposure measures (Eloundou/AIOE), Zillow. Earnings reflect federally-aided graduates; see the full story for methodology and limitations.