Electrical Engineering at University of California - Los Angeles

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

UCLA is located in Los Angeles, California and approximately 44,589 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 189 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.

UCLA Electrical Engineering Degrees Available

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

UCLA Electrical Engineering Rankings

There were 35 students who received their doctoral degrees in EE, making the school the #15 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

EE Student Demographics at UCLA

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

UCLA Electrical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 80% of EE master's degrees went to men and 20% went to women.

In the EE master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 24% of degree recipients. That is 10% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	34
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	26
International Students	113
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Related Majors

• Manufacturing Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Other Engineering
• Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering
• Chemical 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 - Los Angeles.

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 Nikhil Kulkarni under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.