Electrical Engineering at University of California - Berkeley

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

UC Berkeley is located in Berkeley, California and has a total student population of 42,327. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 161 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.

UC Berkeley Electrical Engineering Degrees Available

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

UC Berkeley Electrical Engineering Rankings

There were 53 students who received their doctoral degrees in EE, making the school the #4 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

EE Student Demographics at UC Berkeley

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

UC Berkeley Electrical Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 161 EE students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UC Berkeley, about 76% were men and 24% were women.

In the EE master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 47% of degree recipients. That is 32% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	62
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	22
International Students	63
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

Related Majors

• General Engineering
• Biochemical Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Nuclear Engineering
• Biomedical 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 University of California - Berkeley.

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 LAgirl5252 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.