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2023 Best Electrical Engineering Schools in Massachusetts

9 Colleges
$89,572 Avg Salary
$24,953 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Electrical Engineering School for You

Electrical Engineering is the #24 most popular major in Massachusetts with 666 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Electrical Engineering Schools in Massachusetts to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 9 schools in Massachusetts to see which ones offered the best programs for students.

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2023 Best Electrical Engineering Schools in Massachusetts

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

Top Massachusetts Schools in Electrical Engineering

Our analysis found Massachusetts Institute of Technology to be the best school for electrical engineering students who want to pursue a degree in Massachusetts. MIT is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cambridge.

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#2

Tufts University

Medford, MA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Tufts University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Electrical Engineering Schools in Massachusetts list. Tufts is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Medford.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northeastern University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Electrical Engineering Schools in Massachusetts list. Northeastern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.

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Out of the 9 schools in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, Worcester Polytechnic Institute landed the # 4 spot on the list. WPI is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Worcester.

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#5

Boston University

Boston, MA

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

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With a ranking of #6, University of Massachusetts Amherst did quite well on this year’s best schools for electrical engineering students. Located in the large suburb of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public school with a very large student population.

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Western New England University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best electrical engineering programs. Western New England is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Springfield.

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University of Massachusetts - Lowell did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for electrical engineering students. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the suburb of Lowell, UMass Lowell is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best electrical engineering programs. Located in the suburb of North Dartmouth, UMass Dartmouth is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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Best Electrical Engineering Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Electrical Engineering Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Connecticut 95
Rhode Island 17
New Hampshire 9
Maine 0
Vermont 8

Electrical Engineering is one of 39 different types of programs to choose from.

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 9 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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