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2023 Best Electrical Engineering Schools in New Jersey

4 Colleges
$77,121 Avg Salary
$25,563 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Electrical Engineering School for You

With 319 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, electrical engineering is the #22 most popular major in New Jersey.

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Electrical Engineering Schools in New Jersey to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in New Jersey to see which ones offered the best programs for students.

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2023 Best Electrical Engineering Schools in New Jersey

The following schools top our list of the Best Electrical Engineering Colleges.

Top New Jersey Schools in Electrical Engineering

#1

Princeton University

Princeton, NJ

Our 2023 rankings named Princeton University the best school in New Jersey for electrical engineering students. Located in the city of Princeton, Princeton is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Stevens Institute of Technology is a great place for electrical engineering students. Located in the suburb of Hoboken, Stevens is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Electrical Engineering Schools in New Jersey list. Located in the city of New Brunswick, Rutgers New Brunswick is a public college with a very large student population.

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Out of the 4 schools in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, New Jersey Institute of Technology landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Newark, NJIT is a public college with a large student population.

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Best Electrical Engineering Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Electrical Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 844
Pennsylvania 725
Maryland 338
District of Columbia 95
Delaware 0

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 4 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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