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2023 Best Electrical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

24 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. 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.

The Best Electrical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 24 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best doctor's degree programs 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 Great Lakes 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

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Our analysis found Northwestern University to be the best school for electrical engineering students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Great Lakes Region . Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Evanston.

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#2

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Notre Dame. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Notre Dame is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Notre Dame.

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#3

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

Out of the 24 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University - Main Campus landed the # 3 spot on the list. Purdue is a fairly large public school located in the city of West Lafayette.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best electrical engineering schools in the Great Lakes Region . UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Champaign.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Wisconsin - Madison is a great place for electrical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. UW - Madison is a very large public school located in the city of Madison.

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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor 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. U-M is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor.

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Case Western Reserve University 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 #7 on the list. Located in the city of Cleveland, Case Western is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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#8

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

Michigan State University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Michigan Technological University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree electrical engineering programs. Located in the remote town of Houghton, Michigan Tech is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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#10

Marquette University

Milwaukee, WI

Marquette University 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 #10 on the list. Located in the city of Milwaukee, Marquette is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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Best Electrical Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best electrical engineering schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 288
Illinois 500
Ohio 434
Indiana 292
Wisconsin 141

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 24 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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