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2026 Highest Paid General Engineering Grads in Mississippi

[General Engineering](/majors/engineering/general-engineering/) programs reward a close look at where graduates go on to earn the most. The highest-paying schools turn a general engineering degree into the strongest early-career earnings.

For its 2026 highest-paid-graduates ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools to find where general engineering graduates earn the most.

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• Highest Paid General Engineering Grads in Mississippi

2026 Highest Paid General Engineering Grads in Mississippi

Below are the schools whose general engineering graduates go on to earn the most.

Highest Paid General Engineering Graduates

1

East Mississippi Community College
Scooba, MS

$70,376 Average Early-Career Salary

East Mississippi Community College earned the #1 spot for highest-paid general engineering graduates in Mississippi. Located in the rural area of Scooba, East Mississippi Community College is a public institution. Students who complete the general engineering program here go on to a median salary of roughly $70,376.

2

Itawamba Community College
Fulton, MS

$67,077 Average Early-Career Salary

Strong graduate earnings at Itawamba Community College earned it the #2 place for general engineering. Set in the rural area of Fulton, Itawamba Community College is a public institution. General Engineering graduates of Itawamba Community College earn a median of about $67,077 a year early in their careers.

3

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Perkinston, MS

$46,925 Average Early-Career Salary

Strong graduate earnings at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College earned it the #3 place for general engineering. Located in the rural area of Perkinston, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is a public institution. Early-career general engineering graduates from Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College make a median of around $46,925 per year.

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Notes and References

This list is compiled by College Factual, 2026 edition. Schools are ranked on the median early-career earnings of their general engineering graduates, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard field-of-study earnings and IPEDS).

Ranking method: College Major Earnings · 3 schools evaluated.

*Salary figures reflect median early-career earnings (about 5 years after graduation) and may vary by how long a person takes to complete their degree.

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE), serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Graduate earnings data comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard) field-of-study earnings.

More about our data sources and methodologies.