Electrical Engineering at George Mason University

What traits are you looking for in a EE school? To help you decide if George Mason University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's EE program.

GMU is located in Fairfax, Virginia and has a total student population of 38,541. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 26 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.

GMU Electrical Engineering Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at GMU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, GMU does offer online courses in EE for the following degree levels:

GMU Electrical Engineering Rankings

There were 6 students who received their doctoral degrees in EE, making the school the #96 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

EE Student Demographics at GMU

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

GMU Electrical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 96% of EE master's degrees went to men and 4% went to women.

In the EE master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 23% of degree recipients. That is 9% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	11
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Operations Research
• Construction Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• Industrial Engineering
• Systems Engineering

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 VA, the home state for George Mason University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Electrical Engineers	6,880	$109,690
Electronics Engineers	4,940	$114,990
Engineers	4,190	$118,390
Architectural and Engineering Managers	4,030	$164,300
Aerospace Engineers	2,060	$127,390

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Lucien Dalarun under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.