Is a Engineering, General degree worth it?
Across 50 schools, graduates of Engineering, General earn a median $88,355 five years out on $25,494 of debt — most often working as Architectural and Engineering Managers. Every figure is a real, published federal number.
Median 5-yr pay
$88,355
Median debt
$25,494
Years to pay off
2.9
at 10% of pay
AI task exposure
48%
GPT-4-era overlap
10-yr job growth
+3.4%
BLS 2024–2034
Net price
$21,569/yr
Debt-test failures
0%
of programs
'Real' premium
+$25,431
vs avg, adjusted
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Explore Engineering, General 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.