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Best Value Colleges for Electrical Engineering Technologies/Technicians

Schools ranked by payback period — how quickly you recoup your investment through higher earnings.

50

Schools Ranked

$59,035

Avg. Earnings

1.2 yrs

Best Payback

4,434

Graduates

How we calculate value: Payback = (4 years of net price) / (major earnings - $35k baseline). A 2-year payback means you recoup your investment in 2 years through higher earnings vs. not attending college.

#	School	Net Price/yr	Major Earnings	Payback
1	Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN · Public	$8,450	$63,005	1.2 yrs
2	Wayne State University Detroit, MI · Public	$13,612	$76,460	1.3 yrs
3	University of North Texas Denton, TX · Public	$14,132	$72,762	1.5 yrs
4	University of Houston Houston, TX · Public	$13,382	$67,899	1.6 yrs
5	Ferris State University Big Rapids, MI · Public	$13,230	$67,240	1.6 yrs
6	Farmingdale State College Farmingdale, NY · Public	$10,914	$60,358	1.7 yrs
7	University of Maine Orono, ME · Public	$14,886	$68,499	1.8 yrs
8	Central Washington University Ellensburg, WA · Public	$17,235	$72,482	1.8 yrs
9	California State University-Chico Chico, CA · Public	$16,738	$70,176	1.9 yrs
10	Indiana University-Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN · Public	$13,306	$63,749	1.9 yrs
11	Purdue University Northwest Hammond, IN · Public	$12,829	$62,409	1.9 yrs
12	Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti, MI · Public	$14,547	$65,332	1.9 yrs
13	University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown Johnstown, PA · Public	$17,271	$69,221	2 yrs
14	Youngstown State University Youngstown, OH · Public	$13,754	$62,012	2 yrs
15	Pace University New York, NY · Private	$28,066	$88,639	2.1 yrs
16	University of Akron Main Campus Akron, OH · Public	$18,860	$69,338	2.2 yrs
17	CUNY New York City College of Technology Brooklyn, NY · Public	$8,412	$49,323	2.3 yrs
18	Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ · Public	$15,561	$62,260	2.3 yrs
19	Pittsburg State University Pittsburg, KS · Public	$14,800	$61,218	2.3 yrs
20	California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Pomona, CA · Public	$15,958	$61,516	2.4 yrs
21	SUNY Buffalo State University Buffalo, NY · Public	$17,154	$63,749	2.4 yrs
22	Point Park University Pittsburgh, PA · Private	$20,671	$69,338	2.4 yrs
23	Texas A&M University-College Station College Station, TX · Public	$17,525	$63,005	2.5 yrs
24	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College Erie, PA · Public	$21,255	$69,338	2.5 yrs
25	SUNY Polytechnic Institute Utica, NY · Public	$15,239	$58,221	2.6 yrs
26	California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, CA · Public	$11,189	$52,107	2.6 yrs
27	Purdue University Fort Wayne Fort Wayne, IN · Public	$13,015	$54,254	2.7 yrs
28	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA · Public	$24,139	$69,221	2.8 yrs
29	Kennesaw State University Kennesaw, GA · Public	$19,365	$61,814	2.9 yrs
30	Metropolitan State University of Denver Denver, CO · Public	$14,679	$54,254	3 yrs
31	DeVry University-New Jersey Iselin, NJ · For-Profit	$20,355	$61,702	3 yrs
32	North Carolina A & T State University Greensboro, NC · Public	$12,647	$52,107	3 yrs
33	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA · Public	$27,137	$69,338	3.2 yrs
34	SUNY College of Technology at Alfred Alfred, NY · Public	$18,893	$55,286	3.7 yrs
35	Pennsylvania Western University California, PA · Public	$17,695	$54,109	3.7 yrs
36	Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY · Private	$31,935	$69,002	3.8 yrs
37	Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Carbondale, IL · Public	$14,499	$50,465	3.8 yrs
38	University of Central Missouri Warrensburg, MO · Public	$14,267	$49,840	3.8 yrs
39	Savannah State University Savannah, GA · Public	$12,528	$47,729	3.9 yrs
40	DeVry University-Florida Orlando, FL · For-Profit	$26,399	$61,702	4 yrs
41	DeVry University-Arizona Phoenix, AZ · For-Profit	$27,568	$61,702	4.1 yrs
42	DeVry University-Ohio Columbus, OH · For-Profit	$29,404	$61,702	4.4 yrs
43	DeVry University-Illinois Lisle, IL · For-Profit	$29,796	$61,702	4.5 yrs
44	DeVry University-California Ontario, CA · For-Profit	$30,632	$61,702	4.6 yrs
45	New England Institute of Technology East Greenwich, RI · Private	$33,946	$63,430	4.8 yrs
46	DeVry College of New York New York, NY · For-Profit	$31,890	$61,702	4.8 yrs
47	DeVry University-Georgia Decatur, GA · For-Profit	$31,720	$61,702	4.8 yrs
48	Wentworth Institute of Technology Boston, MA · Private	$33,733	$60,839	5.2 yrs
49	Johnson & Wales University-Providence Providence, RI · Private	$28,090	$52,107	6.6 yrs
50	Western Carolina University Cullowhee, NC · Public	$14,701	$42,682	7.7 yrs

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Payback uses earnings by major from the College Scorecard's field-of-study file, last updated June 2026, against net price from the June 2026 release. Scorecard publishes the two separately, so they are different vintages.