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2023 Best Electrical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

16 Colleges
$139,530 Avg Salary

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.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Best Electrical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 16 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best educational experiences for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for EE majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Top 10 Best Electrical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools

Our analysis found University of California - Berkeley to be the best school for electrical engineering students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Far Western US Region . UC Berkeley is a fairly large public school located in the city of Berkeley.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Southern California. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of California - Los Angeles. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. UCLA is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Washington - Seattle Campus helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best electrical engineering schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the large city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public school with a very large student population.

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#5

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Stanford University is a great place for electrical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large suburb of Stanford, Stanford is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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University of California - Santa Barbara 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 #6 on the list. UCSB is a very large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Santa Barbara.

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University of California - San Diego ranked #7 on this year’s Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the city of La Jolla, UCSD is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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With a ranking of #8, University of California - Davis did quite well on this year’s best schools for electrical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. UC Davis is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Davis.

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University of California - Irvine landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree electrical engineering programs. UC Irvine is a fairly large public school located in the city of Irvine.

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#10

Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR

Oregon State University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Oregon State is a very large public school located in the city of Corvallis.

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Best Electrical Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best electrical engineering schools for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 2,199
Washington 230
Oregon 72
Nevada 17
Hawaii 14
Alaska 5

One of 39 majors within the area of study, electrical engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to EE

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 16 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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