Electrical Engineering at Stanford University

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

Stanford is located in Stanford, California and has a total student population of 15,953. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 155 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.

Stanford Electrical Engineering Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Stanford

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Stanford offers distance education options for EE at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Stanford Electrical Engineering Rankings

There were 73 students who received their doctoral degrees in EE, making the school the #3 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

EE Student Demographics at Stanford

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

Stanford Electrical Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 155 students who graduated with a master’s in EE from Stanford in 2021, 65% were men and 35% were women.

In the EE master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 35% of degree recipients. That is 21% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	36
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	41
International Students	59
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Related Majors

• Petroleum Engineering
• Other Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• Materials 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 CA, the home state for Stanford University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Architectural and Engineering Managers	31,580	$175,010
Electronics Engineers	29,210	$123,540
Electrical Engineers	26,570	$114,170
Engineers	20,600	$107,700
Aerospace Engineers	11,440	$125,540

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 Pere Joan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.