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

33 Colleges
$94,068 Avg Salary

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.

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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Electrical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 33 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best master'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 Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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

Top 10 Best Electrical Engineering Master's Degree Schools

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Our 2023 rankings named Northwestern University the best school in the Great Lakes Region for electrical engineering students working on their master’s degree. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Evanston.

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Out of the 33 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Rose - Hulman Institute of Technology landed the # 2 spot on the list. Rose - Hulman Institute of Technology is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Terre Haute.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. UW - Madison is a very large public school located in the large city of Madison.

Full Electrical Engineering at University of Wisconsin - Madison Report

#4

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Purdue is a very large public school located in the city of West Lafayette.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Champaign.

Full Electrical Engineering at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Report

#6

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN

University of Notre Dame ranked #6 on this year’s Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Notre Dame is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Notre Dame.

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#7

University of Dayton

Dayton, OH

University of Dayton landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree electrical engineering programs. UDayton is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Dayton.

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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 master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the large city of Cleveland, Case Western is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Full Electrical Engineering at Case Western Reserve University Report

#9

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

Michigan State University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree electrical engineering programs. Located in the small city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Full Electrical Engineering at Michigan State University Report

#10

Marquette University

Milwaukee, WI

With a ranking of #10, Marquette University did quite well on this year’s best schools for electrical engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Milwaukee, Marquette is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

Full Electrical Engineering at Marquette University Report

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 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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