2023 Best Electrical Engineering Master's Degree Schools
Finding the Best Electrical Engineering Master'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.
The Best Electrical Engineering Master's Degree Schools ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 209 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best master'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 Master’s Degree Schools in the United States
The following schools top our list of the Best Electrical Engineering Master's Degree Colleges.
Top 25 Top Schools for a Master's in Electrical Engineering
Our 2023 rankings named Massachusetts Institute of Technology the best school in the United States for electrical engineering students working on their master’s degree. MIT is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Cambridge.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Stanford University is a great place for electrical engineering students working on their master’s degree. Stanford is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Stanford.
Out of the 209 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Princeton University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Princeton is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Princeton.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at Northwestern University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best electrical engineering schools in the United States. Located in the small city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
The excellent master’s degree programs at Rice University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best electrical engineering schools in the United States. Located in the city of Houston, Rice is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.
Carnegie Mellon University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Carnegie Mellon is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Pittsburgh.
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Duke University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for electrical engineering students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the large city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.
University of California - Berkeley ranked #8 on this year’s Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public college with a fairly large student population.
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Vanderbilt University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the large city of Nashville, Vanderbilt is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.
Cornell University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the small city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.
The University of Texas at Austin landed the #11 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree electrical engineering programs. Located in the city of Austin, UT Austin is a public school with a fairly large student population.
With a ranking of #12, University of Southern California did quite well on this year’s best schools for electrical engineering students working on their master’s degree. USC is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.
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Rose - Hulman Institute of Technology came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the city of Terre Haute, Rose - Hulman Institute of Technology is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
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Johns Hopkins University came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Johns Hopkins is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Baltimore.
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Washington University in St Louis ranked #15 on this year’s Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools list. WUSTL is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Saint Louis.
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University of Virginia - Main Campus ranked #16 on this year’s Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools list. University of Virginia is a very large public school located in the small suburb of Charlottesville.
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Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for electrical engineering students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #17 on the list. Georgia Tech is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Atlanta.
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University of California - Los Angeles ranked #18 on this year’s Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public school with a very large student population.
University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #19 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree electrical engineering programs. Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public school with a very large student population.
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University of Pennsylvania ranked #20 on this year’s Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
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Purdue University - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for electrical engineering students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #21 on the list. Located in the small city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public school with a fairly large student population.
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ranked #22 on this year’s Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the small city of Champaign, UIUC is a public college with a fairly large student population.
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University of Washington - Seattle Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for electrical engineering students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #23 on the list. UW Seattle is a fairly large public school located in the city of Seattle.
University of Notre Dame landed the #24 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree electrical engineering programs. Located in the suburb of Notre Dame, Notre Dame is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
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University of Dayton did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for electrical engineering students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #25 on the list. Located in the city of Dayton, UDayton is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
Rest of the Top Best Electrical Engineering Master's Degree Schools
Additional Noteworthy Schools
Here are some additional great schools for Electrical Engineering students that almost earned our Best Electrical Engineering Master's Degree Schools award.
| Rank | College | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 32 | Virginia Tech | Blacksburg, VA |
| 33 | University of Maryland - College Park | College Park, MD |
| 34 | Michigan State University | East Lansing, MI |
| 35 | George Washington University | Washington, DC |
| 36 | University of Nebraska - Lincoln | Lincoln, NE |
| 37 | Marquette University | Milwaukee, WI |
| 38 | North Carolina State University | Raleigh, NC |
| 39 | Auburn University | Auburn, AL |
| 40 | University of St Thomas Minnesota | Saint Paul, MN |
| 41 | University of California - Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara, CA |
Electrical Engineering by Region
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Electrical Engineering Related Rankings by Major
Electrical Engineering is one of 39 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Majors Related 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 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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