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2023 Most Popular Electrical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in California

14 Colleges
$139,530 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Electrical Engineering Doctor's Degree School for You

Electrical Engineering is the #12 most popular major in California with 2,199 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Electrical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 14 schools in California to see which ones were the most popular doctor's degree programs 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for EE majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

#1

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

Our analysis found Stanford University to be the most popular school for electrical engineering students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in California. Stanford is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Stanford.

About 29% of the students majoring in EE at the school are women while 71% are male.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of California - Berkeley is a great place for electrical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public school with a very large student population.

Of the 53 students majoring in EE at UC Berkeley, 79% are male and 21% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern California. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. USC is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

About 13% of the students majoring in EE at the school are women while 88% are male.

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Out of the 14 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Los Angeles landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 17% of the EE majors at the school.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of California - San Diego is a great place for electrical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. UCSD is a very large public school located in the city of La Jolla.

Women make up 12% of the EE majors at the school.

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University of California - Santa Barbara landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree electrical engineering programs. Located in the suburb of Santa Barbara, UCSB is a public school with a very large student population.

About 28% of the students majoring in EE at the school are women while 72% are male.

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University of California - Riverside did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for electrical engineering students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the city of Riverside, UCR is a public college with a very large student population.

Women make up 17% of the EE majors at the school.

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University of California - Davis came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in California ranking. Located in the small suburb of Davis, UC Davis is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 13% of the EE majors at the school.

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California Institute of Technology ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. Caltech is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Pasadena.

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University of California - Irvine came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in California ranking. Located in the city of Irvine, UC Irvine is a public school with a very large student population.

Women make up 20% of the EE majors at the school.

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Best Electrical Engineering Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Electrical Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 230
Oregon 72
Nevada 17
Hawaii 14
Alaska 5

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 14 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.

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