Alaska·Architecture and Engineering Occupations·SOC 17-2072

Best Electronics Engineer programs in Alaska, ranked by enrollment

Research, design, develop, or test electronic components and systems for commercial, industrial, military, or scientific use employing knowledge of electronic theory and materials properties.

2 schools in Alaska run programs that feed this job, graduating 16 people a year. The job pays a median of $106,810 in Alaska across about 180 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

Also calledTest EngineerDesign EngineerProduct EngineerDeployment EngineerTechnical Support EngineerIntegrated Circuit Design Engineer (IC Design Engineer)RFID Engineer (Radio Frequency Identification Device Engineer)RFID Systems Engineer (Radio Frequency Identification Device Systems Engineer)
Graduates / yr
16
in Alaska
Median pay · Alaska
$106,810
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
180
people employed
Schools
2
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
34%
across those schools
Median net price
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in Alaska that lead to this job

Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.

1 programs in Alaska that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in Alaska (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own Alaska page.

Degree programs that lead to this occupation, ranked by graduates per year
#ProgramGraduates / yrShare of pipelineSchoolsGrad earnings (1 yr)Median debt
1
CIP 14.1001In Alaska
16
100.0%
2$77,636$25,000

Top 2 schools in Alaska

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 0 of the 2 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1University of Alaska Anchorage
Anchorage, AK Public · 1 feeder programs
8Electrical and Electronics Engineering30%
2University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, AK Public · 1 feeder programs
8Electrical and Electronics Engineering38%

All 2 schools in Alaska

Every school in Alaska with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.

All schools in Alaska that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
University of Alaska AnchorageAnchoragePublic81
University of Alaska FairbanksFairbanksPublic81

What electronics engineers earn in Alaska

What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.

Median annual in Alaska
$106,810
Mean annual
$117,490
Jobs in state
180
What the range looks like
10th pct$80,990Median$106,81090th pct$140,370
Versus the national median
-18.0%

U.S. median $130,220. Alaska pays below the national figure.

Job concentration
0.89×

1.00× means the state has its expected share of these jobs.

Metro areas in Alaska

Anchorage, AK
$105,870median
120 jobs

Job outlook

Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.

Projected growth 2024–34
+6.2%
Faster than average
Openings per year
5,700
new jobs plus replacements
Employment change
6,000
95,900 → 101,800
Typical entry education
Bachelor's degree

Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.

How to get in

The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Electronics Engineers page.

How to become a Electronics Engineer

Job zone 4 of 5 · SVP 7.0 to < 8.0
Typical entry education
Bachelor's degree

Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.

Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.

Top skills

Critical ThinkingSpeakingReading ComprehensionActive ListeningWritingMonitoring

The same job in other states

Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.

Related careers in Alaska

Every major mapped to this job

The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.

All 3 majors mapped to Electronics Engineers3 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
  • 14.1001Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  • 14.1004Telecommunications Engineering
  • 14.1099Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering, Other

Common questions

Answers for people weighing electronics engineers programs in Alaska.

What degree do you need to become an Electronics Engineer?+

Bachelor's degree is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Electrical and Electronics Engineering, which awarded 16 degrees in Alaska in 2024-25, 100.0% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.

Which college majors lead to becoming an Electronics Engineer?+

The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 1 programs to this occupation. The largest are Electrical. Together they graduate about 16 people a year in Alaska.

How much do electronics engineers earn in Alaska?+

The median is $106,810 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 18.0% below the U.S. median of $130,220. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.

Is demand for electronics engineers growing?+

BLS projects a +6.2% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, faster than average, with roughly 5,700 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.

How many schools offer programs for this career in Alaska?+

2 institutions in Alaska reported graduates from at least one of the 1 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.

What other job titles do electronics engineers work under?+

Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Test Engineer, Design Engineer, Product Engineer, Deployment Engineer, Technical Support Engineer, Integrated Circuit Design Engineer (IC Design Engineer) among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 17-2072.

About the data on this page

Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).

  • BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics

    May 2025

    Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.

  • BLS Employment Projections

    2024–34

    Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.

  • IPEDS Completions

    2024-25 (provisional)

    Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.

  • College Scorecard, Field of Study

    2020-21 cohorts

    Median graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.

  • Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes

    latest available

    Graduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.

  • NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk

    CIP 2020 / SOC 2018

    Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.

  • O*NET Database 30.3

    30.3

    Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.

    Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA

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