Is a Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General degree worth it?
Across 29 schools, graduates of Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General earn a median $80,665 five years out on $25,250 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
$80,665
Median debt
$25,250
Years to pay off
3.2
at 10% of pay
AI task exposure
42%
GPT-4-era overlap
10-yr job growth
+1.5%
BLS 2024–2034
Net price
$15,154/yr
Debt-test failures
0%
of programs
'Real' premium
+$19,356
vs avg, adjusted
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Explore Engineering Technologies/Technicians, 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.