Utah·Architecture and Engineering Occupations·SOC 17-2072

Best Electronics Engineer programs in Utah, 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.

7 schools in Utah run programs that feed this job, graduating 257 people a year. The job pays a median of $128,430 in Utah across about 1,570 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
257
in Utah
Median pay · Utah
$128,430
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
1,570
people employed
Schools
7
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
53%
across those schools
Median net price
$13,712
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in Utah that lead to this job

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

1 programs in Utah that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in Utah (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 Utah 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 Utah
257
100.0%
7$77,636$25,000

Top 7 schools in Utah

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 4 of the 7 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 Utah
Salt Lake City, UT Public · 1 feeder programs
146Electrical and Electronics Engineering$75,65465%86%
2Utah State University
Logan, UT Public · 1 feeder programs
64Electrical and Electronics Engineering$74,05559%92%
3Weber State University
Ogden, UT Public · 1 feeder programs
18Electrical and Electronics Engineering$69,53746%
4Utah Valley University
Orem, UT Public · 1 feeder programs
16Electrical and Electronics Engineering45%
5Brigham Young University
Provo, UT Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
8Electrical and Electronics Engineering$77,06081%$13,71268%
6Salt Lake Community College
Salt Lake City, UT Public · 1 feeder programs
3Electrical and Electronics Engineering29%
7Snow College
Ephraim, UT Public · 1 feeder programs
2Electrical and Electronics Engineering46%

All 7 schools in Utah

Every school in Utah 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 Utah that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
University of UtahSalt Lake CityPublic1461
Utah State UniversityLoganPublic641
Weber State UniversityOgdenPublic181
Utah Valley UniversityOremPublic161
Brigham Young UniversityProvoPrivate not-for-profit81
Salt Lake Community CollegeSalt Lake CityPublic31
Snow CollegeEphraimPublic21

What electronics engineers earn in Utah

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

Median annual in Utah
$128,430
Mean annual
$130,050
Jobs in state
1,570
What the range looks like
10th pct$80,140Median$128,43090th pct$196,860
Versus the national median
-1.4%

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

Job concentration
1.45×

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

Metro areas in Utah

Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT
$115,530median
40 jobs
Ogden, UT
$120,600median
770 jobs
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT
avg
700 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 Utah

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 Utah.

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 257 degrees in Utah 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 257 people a year in Utah.

How much do electronics engineers earn in Utah?+

The median is $128,430 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 1.4% 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 Utah?+

7 institutions in Utah 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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