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2023 Most Popular Electrical Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Region

35 Colleges
$79,537 Avg Salary
$21,085 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.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Most Popular Electrical Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 35 schools in the Far Western US Region 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for EE majors pursuing a .

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 Far Western US Region . Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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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 #2 on this year’s Most Popular Electrical Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the city of La Jolla, UCSD is a public college with a very large student population.

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#3

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

The excellent programs at Stanford University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best electrical engineering schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the suburb of Stanford, Stanford is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of California - Los Angeles. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Electrical Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Region list. UCLA is a very large public school located in the city of Los Angeles.

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Out of the 35 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Berkeley landed the # 5 spot on the list. UC Berkeley is a very large public school located in the city of Berkeley.

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University of Washington - Seattle Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for electrical engineering students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public school with a very large student population.

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San Jose State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for electrical engineering students. It came in at #7 on the list. San Jose State is a fairly large public school located in the city of San Jose.

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University of California - Santa Barbara landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular electrical engineering programs. UCSB is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Santa Barbara.

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#9

Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR

Oregon State University ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Electrical Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Oregon State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Corvallis.

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Naval Postgraduate School landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular electrical engineering programs. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Monterey, Naval Postgraduate School is a public college with a small student population.

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Best Electrical Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best electrical engineering schools for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 2,199
Washington 230
Oregon 72
Nevada 17
Hawaii 14
Alaska 5

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.

  • 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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