Connecticut·Architecture and Engineering Occupations·SOC 17-2199

Best Engineer, All Other programs in Connecticut, ranked by enrollment

All engineers not listed.

8 schools in Connecticut run programs that feed this job, graduating 300 people a year. The job pays a median of $124,110 in Connecticut across about 2,430 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

Also calledEngineerLaser EngineerSolar DesignerDesign EngineerEnergy EngineerOptical EngineerProcess EngineerProject Engineer
Graduates / yr
300
in Connecticut
Median pay · Connecticut
$124,110
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
2,430
people employed
Schools
8
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
67%
across those schools
Median net price
$28,311
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in Connecticut that lead to this job

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

8 programs in Connecticut that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in Connecticut (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 Connecticut page.

Degree programs that lead to this occupation, ranked by graduates per year
#ProgramGraduates / yrShare of pipelineSchoolsGrad earnings (1 yr)Median debt
1100
33.3%
2$73,378$17,083
295
31.7%
4$67,734$24,375
361
20.3%
3$57,457$24,706
426
8.7%
3$72,645$24,250
510
3.3%
2
65
1.7%
1$35,966$26,323
72
0.7%
1$72,154$21,457
81
0.3%
1

Top 8 schools in Connecticut

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 1 of the 8 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1Connecticut State Community College
New Britain, CT Public · 2 feeder programs
96Engineering Science24%
2Yale University
New Haven, CT Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs
78Engineering Physics/Applied Physics96%$27,0254%
3University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT Public · 5 feeder programs
77Engineering, General83%52%
4University of Hartford
West Hartford, CT Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs
14Engineering, General$55,07654%$28,31196%
5Trinity College
Hartford, CT Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
12Engineering, General84%$25,24529%
6University of New Haven
West Haven, CT Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs
11Engineering, General63%$32,61460%
7Southern Connecticut State University
New Haven, CT Public · 2 feeder programs
7Assistive/Augmentative Technology and Rehabilitation Engineering50%91%
8Fairfield University
Fairfield, CT Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
5Electrical and Computer Engineering84%$36,84533%

All 8 schools in Connecticut

Every school in Connecticut 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 Connecticut that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
Connecticut State Community CollegeNew BritainPublic962
Yale UniversityNew HavenPrivate not-for-profit782
University of ConnecticutStorrsPublic775
University of HartfordWest HartfordPrivate not-for-profit142
Trinity CollegeHartfordPrivate not-for-profit121
University of New HavenWest HavenPrivate not-for-profit112
Southern Connecticut State UniversityNew HavenPublic72
Fairfield UniversityFairfieldPrivate not-for-profit51

What engineers, all other earn in Connecticut

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

Median annual in Connecticut
$124,110
Mean annual
$120,430
Jobs in state
2,430
What the range looks like
10th pct$72,980Median$124,11090th pct$164,430
Versus the national median
+1.0%

U.S. median $122,930. Connecticut pays above the national figure.

Job concentration
1.44×

Concentrated here: Connecticut employs more of this job per worker than the U.S. average.

Metro areas in Connecticut

Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT
$132,580median
150 jobs
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT
$127,640median
1,070 jobs
New Haven, CT
$103,800median
310 jobs
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT
$109,080median
600 jobs
Waterbury-Shelton, CT
$101,440median
180 jobs

Job outlook

Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.

Projected growth 2024–34
+2.1%
About as fast as average
Openings per year
9,300
new jobs plus replacements
Employment change
3,300
158,800 → 162,100
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 Engineers, All Other page.

How to become a Engineer, All Other

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 ThinkingReading ComprehensionWritingActive ListeningSpeakingMathematics

The same job in other states

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

Related careers in Connecticut

Every major mapped to this job

The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.

All 25 majors mapped to Engineers, All Other25 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
  • 14.0101Engineering, General
  • 14.0103Applied Engineering
  • 14.0401Architectural Engineering
  • 14.0702Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
  • 14.0802Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
  • 14.0805Water Resources Engineering
  • 14.1003Laser and Optical Engineering
  • 14.1004Telecommunications Engineering
  • 14.1101Engineering Mechanics
  • 14.1201Engineering Physics/Applied Physics
  • 14.1301Engineering Science
  • 14.2401Ocean Engineering
  • 14.2701Systems Engineering
  • 14.3301Construction Engineering
  • 14.3401Forest Engineering
  • 14.3601Manufacturing Engineering
  • 14.3801Surveying Engineering
  • 14.3901Geological/Geophysical Engineering
  • 14.4001Paper Science and Engineering
  • 14.4101Electromechanical Engineering
  • 14.4201Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering
  • 14.4301Biochemical Engineering
  • 14.4401Engineering Chemistry
  • 14.4501Biological/Biosystems Engineering
  • 14.4701Electrical and Computer Engineering

Common questions

Answers for people weighing engineers, all other programs in Connecticut.

What degree do you need to become an Engineer, All Other?+

Bachelor's degree is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Engineering Science, which awarded 100 degrees in Connecticut in 2024-25, 33.3% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.

Which college majors lead to becoming an Engineer, All Other?+

The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 8 programs to this occupation. The largest are Engineering Science, Engineering, Engineering Physics, Mechatronics, plus 4 more. Together they graduate about 300 people a year in Connecticut.

How much do engineers, all other earn in Connecticut?+

The median is $124,110 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 1.0% above the U.S. median of $122,930. 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 engineers, all other growing?+

BLS projects a +2.1% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, about as fast as average, with roughly 9,300 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.

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

8 institutions in Connecticut reported graduates from at least one of the 8 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 engineers, all other work under?+

Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Engineer, Laser Engineer, Solar Designer, Design Engineer, Energy Engineer, Optical Engineer among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 17-2199.

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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