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2023 Best Electrical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools

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Finding the Best Electrical Engineering Doctor's Degree School for You

Electrical Engineering is the #27 most popular major in the country with 11,021 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Electrical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 136 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best doctor's degree programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the United States

The following schools top our list of the Best Electrical Engineering Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Top 15% Best Electrical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools

Our analysis found Massachusetts Institute of Technology to be the best school for electrical engineering students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the United States. MIT is a large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Cambridge.

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#2

Duke University

Durham, NC

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Duke University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best electrical engineering schools in the United States. Located in the city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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#3

Princeton University

Princeton, NJ

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Princeton University is a great place for electrical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Princeton is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Princeton.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Berkeley. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the midsize city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public college with a very large student population.

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#5

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northwestern University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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#6

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

With a ranking of #6, Carnegie Mellon University did quite well on this year’s best schools for electrical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Carnegie Mellon is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Pittsburgh.

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#7

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN

University of Notre Dame landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree electrical engineering programs. Located in the large suburb of Notre Dame, Notre Dame is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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#8

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

University of Pennsylvania ranked #8 on this year’s Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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#9

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

Vanderbilt University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the large city of Nashville, Vanderbilt is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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#10

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

Cornell University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the small city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

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The University of Texas at Austin did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for electrical engineering students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #11 on the list. Located in the city of Austin, UT Austin is a public school with a very large student population.

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With a ranking of #12, Washington University in St Louis did quite well on this year’s best schools for electrical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. WUSTL is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Saint Louis.

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Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. Georgia Tech is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Atlanta.

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#14

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

With a ranking of #14, Purdue University - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best schools for electrical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the small city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#15

University of Virginia - Main Campus

Charlottesville, VA

University of Virginia - Main Campus came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. University of Virginia is a fairly large public school located in the small suburb of Charlottesville.

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With a ranking of #16, University of Southern California did quite well on this year’s best schools for electrical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.

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#17

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

Virginia Tech came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. Virginia Tech is a very large public school located in the small city of Blacksburg.

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the small city of Champaign, UIUC is a public college with a very large student population.

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With a ranking of #19, Southern Methodist University did quite well on this year’s best schools for electrical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the suburb of Dallas, SMU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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University of Wisconsin - Madison did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for electrical engineering students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #20 on the list. Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public college with a very large student population.

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Additional Noteworthy Schools

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Electrical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools award.

Rank College Location
21 University of California - Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA
22 University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI
23 Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD
24 Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH
25 Michigan State University East Lansing, MI
26 University of Washington - Seattle Campus Seattle, WA
27 Stanford University Stanford, CA

Electrical Engineering by Region

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Region
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New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

Electrical Engineering is one of 39 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252
General Engineering 3,548

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to NASA.

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