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Electrical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University

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Electrical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University

If you plan to study electrical engineering, take a look at what Carnegie Mellon University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Carnegie Mellon is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and approximately 13,519 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 341 students received their master's degree in EE.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Electrical Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

Carnegie Mellon Electrical Engineering Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in EE
  • Doctorate Degree in EE

Carnegie Mellon Electrical Engineering Rankings

There were 43 students who received their doctoral degrees in EE, making the school the #11 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

EE Student Demographics at Carnegie Mellon

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the EE majors at Carnegie Mellon University.

Carnegie Mellon Electrical Engineering Master’s Program

28% Women
13% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 341 EE majors earned their master's degree from Carnegie Mellon. Of these graduates, 72% were men and 28% were women.

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The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a master's in EE.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 28
Black or African American 9
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 15
International Students 271
Other Races/Ethnicities 14

Careers That EE Grads May Go Into

A degree in EE can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for PA, the home state for Carnegie Mellon University.

Occupation Jobs in PA Average Salary in PA
Electrical Engineers 8,870 $94,870
Architectural and Engineering Managers 7,220 $150,400
Engineers 4,850 $96,550
Electronics Engineers 3,760 $98,130
Engineering Professors 2,950 $114,870

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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