Find Grad Schools

Study Area & Zipcode

Most Popular Electrical Engineering Schools

Find Schools Near

2023 Most Popular Electrical Engineering Schools

247 Colleges
$74,380 Avg Salary
$24,114 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Electrical Engineering 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Electrical Engineering Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 247 schools in the United States to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Electrical Engineering program at each school on the list.

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

Our analysis found University of Southern California to be the most popular school for electrical engineering students who want to pursue a degree in the United States. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

Full Electrical Engineering at University of Southern California Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Electrical Engineering Schools list. Georgia Tech is a fairly large public school located in the city of Atlanta.

Read More…

#3

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Carnegie Mellon University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Electrical Engineering Schools list. Carnegie Mellon is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Pittsburgh.

Full Electrical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of California - San Diego. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Electrical Engineering Schools list. UCSD is a fairly large public school located in the large city of La Jolla.

Full Electrical Engineering at University of California - San Diego Report

Out of the 247 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Read More…

#6

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

With a ranking of #6, Stanford University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for electrical engineering students. Stanford is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Stanford.

Read More…

With a ranking of #7, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for electrical engineering students. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Read More…

University of California - Los Angeles did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for electrical engineering students. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Read full report on Electrical Engineering at University of California - Los Angeles

University of California - Berkeley came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Electrical Engineering Schools ranking. Located in the city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Read full report on Electrical Engineering at University of California - Berkeley

With a ranking of #10, Columbia University in the City of New York did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for electrical engineering students. Columbia is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.

Read full report on Electrical Engineering at Columbia University in the City of New York

#11

Northeastern University

Boston, MA

Northeastern University landed the #11 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular electrical engineering programs. Northeastern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

Full Electrical Engineering at Northeastern University Report

North Carolina State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for electrical engineering students. It came in at #12 on the list. Located in the city of Raleigh, NC State is a public school with a very large student population.

Full Electrical Engineering at North Carolina State University Report

#13

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

University of Florida ranked #13 on this year’s Most Popular Electrical Engineering Schools list. Located in the city of Gainesville, UF is a public school with a very large student population.

Read full report on Electrical Engineering at University of Florida

#14

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

Johns Hopkins University ranked #14 on this year’s Most Popular Electrical Engineering Schools list. Johns Hopkins is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Baltimore.

Read More…

With a ranking of #15, University of Washington - Seattle Campus did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for electrical engineering students. UW Seattle is a fairly large public school located in the city of Seattle.

Read More…

#16

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

With a ranking of #16, Purdue University - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for electrical engineering students. Located in the city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Read full report on Electrical Engineering at Purdue University - Main Campus

#17

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

Cornell University came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Electrical Engineering Schools ranking. Located in the small city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

Read More…

Ohio State University - Main Campus landed the #18 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular electrical engineering programs. Located in the city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public college with a very large student population.

Read full report on Electrical Engineering at Ohio State University - Main Campus

#19

San Jose State University

San Jose, CA

With a ranking of #19, San Jose State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for electrical engineering students. Located in the city of San Jose, San Jose State is a public college with a very large student population.

Full Electrical Engineering at San Jose State University Report

University of Wisconsin - Madison did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for electrical engineering students. It came in at #20 on the list. Located in the large city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public college with a very large student population.

Read More…

The University of Texas at Dallas came in at #20 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Electrical Engineering Schools ranking. UT Dallas is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Richardson.

Read More…

University of Maryland - College Park did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for electrical engineering students. It came in at #22 on the list. UMCP is a very large public school located in the large suburb of College Park.

Full Electrical Engineering at University of Maryland - College Park Report

Massachusetts Institute of Technology ranked #23 on this year’s Most Popular Electrical Engineering Schools list. MIT is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge.

Full Electrical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology Report

With a ranking of #24, University of Colorado Boulder did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for electrical engineering students. CU - Boulder is a fairly large public school located in the city of Boulder.

Read More…

#25

Duke University

Durham, NC

Duke University ranked #25 on this year’s Most Popular Electrical Engineering Schools list. Located in the large city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Full Electrical Engineering at Duke University Report

#27

New York University

New York, NY
#28

Boston University

Boston, MA
#30

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ
#31

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA
#36

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

Additional Noteworthy Schools

Here are some additional popular schools for Electrical Engineering students that almost earned our Most Popular Electrical Engineering Schools award.

Rank College Location
38 University of Central Florida Orlando, FL
39 Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, MO
40 Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA
41 George Washington University Washington, DC
41 University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago, IL
43 Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL
44 Naval Postgraduate School Monterey, CA
44 Oregon State University Corvallis, OR
46 New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ
47 University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA
47 University of California - Davis Davis, CA
47 University of California - Riverside Riverside, CA

Electrical Engineering by Region

View the Most Popular Electrical Engineering Schools for a specific region near you.

Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

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

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.

  • 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

Featured Schools

Find Graduate Schools Near You

Our free school finder matches students with accredited graduate schools across the U.S.