Certificate (under 1 year)+23% vs national median316 grads tracked
Engineering/Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians at Cincinnati State Technical & Community College
Ranked 29th of 191 certificate (under 1 year) programs in Engineering/Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians by 5-year earnings.
Median · 1 year out
$56,050
middle 50%: $40,635 – $75,704
Median · 5 years out
$76,680
middle 50%: $54,845 – $99,015
Median · 10 years out
$89,277
middle 50%: $62,962 – $108,486
Salary trajectory
Median earnings vs the national median for Engineering/Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians (certificate (under 1 year)) graduates.
This program (median)National median, same major & degreeMiddle 50% of graduates
Cincinnati State Technical & Community College engineering certificate holders start at $56k. Year-10 median earnings hit $89k.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau PSEO, release V4.13.0 2025Q4. Earnings are for graduates working in covered states; figures are medians in nominal dollars.
Will the degree pay for itself?
Drag the sliders — payback uses this program's actual salary curve.
Assumes a 6.5% APR loan and this program's median salary trajectory (interpolated between years 1, 5 and 10).
Paid off in
5.4 yrs
≈ $5,989 total interest
Same major at other universities
North Lake College
$81,157 · 5 yrs out
Uintah Basin Technical College
$79,359 · 5 yrs out
Middlesex Community College
$79,032 · 5 yrs out
Casper College
$78,372 · 5 yrs out
Hawkeye Community College
$77,405 · 5 yrs out
Riverland Community College
$76,854 · 5 yrs out
College of the Mainland
$76,554 · 5 yrs out
Eastern Iowa Community Colleges
$75,224 · 5 yrs out
Horry - Georgetown Technical College
$75,158 · 5 yrs out
University of Massachusetts - Lowell
$74,872 · 5 yrs out
Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana - Region 13
$74,872 · 5 yrs out
Arapahoe Community College
$74,110 · 5 yrs out
Other majors at Cincinnati State Technical & Community College
Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians (Certificate)
$103,197 · 5 yrs out
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Certificate)
$84,631 · 5 yrs out
Computer Programming (Associate)
$76,734 · 5 yrs out
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services (Associate)
$75,070 · 5 yrs out
Fire Protection (Associate)
$74,364 · 5 yrs out
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants (Associate)
$73,650 · 5 yrs out
Electromechanical Technologies/Technicians (Associate)
$72,585 · 5 yrs out
Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians (Associate)
$72,224 · 5 yrs out
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services (Associate)
$71,690 · 5 yrs out
Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians (Associate)
$71,487 · 5 yrs out
Computer and Information Sciences, General (Associate)
$70,474 · 5 yrs out
Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians (Certificate)
$70,298 · 5 yrs out
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