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2023 Most Popular Electrical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools

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Finding the Best Electrical Engineering Graduate Certificate 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Electrical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. This report analyzed 58 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate 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 graduate certificate.

Our analysis found Columbia University in the City of New York to be the most popular school for electrical engineering students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the United States. Columbia is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

Of the 25 students majoring in EE at Columbia, 96% are male and 4% are female.

Full Electrical Engineering at Columbia University in the City of New York Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Connecticut is a great place for electrical engineering students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public college with a very large student population.

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

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#3

Clarkson University

Potsdam, NY

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Clarkson University is a great place for electrical engineering students working on their graduate certificate. Clarkson is a small private not-for-profit school located in the remote town of Potsdam.

Women make up 11% of the EE majors at the school.

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Out of the 58 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Naval Postgraduate School landed the # 4 spot on the list. Naval Postgraduate School is a small public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Monterey.

About 27% of the students majoring in EE at the school are women while 73% are male.

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Out of the 58 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 7% of the EE majors at the school.

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Michigan Technological University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Electrical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Michigan Tech is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Houghton.

Of the 11 students majoring in EE at Michigan Tech, 73% are male and 27% are female.

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With a ranking of #7, Worcester Polytechnic Institute did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for electrical engineering students working on their graduate certificate. WPI is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Worcester.

Of the 10 students majoring in EE at WPI, 90% are male and 10% are female.

Full Electrical Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute Report

Stevens Institute of Technology came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Electrical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Stevens is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Hoboken.

About 11% of the students majoring in EE at the school are women while 89% are male.

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#9

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY

Stony Brook University ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Electrical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the suburb of Stony Brook, SUNY Stony Brook is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 6 students majoring in EE at SUNY Stony Brook, 83% are male and 17% are female.

Full Electrical Engineering at Stony Brook University Report

University of St Thomas Minnesota landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate electrical engineering programs. UST MN is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Saint Paul.

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Electrical Engineering by Region

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New England
Rocky Mountains
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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 27 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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