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

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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.

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.

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 in the Far Western US Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which graduate certificate 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 graduate certificate.

Our 2023 rankings named Naval Postgraduate School the most popular school in the Far Western US Region for electrical engineering students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Monterey, Naval Postgraduate School is a public college with a small student population.

Women make up 27% of the EE majors at the school.

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#2

Loyola Marymount University

Los Angeles, CA

Out of the 6 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Loyola Marymount University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Los Angeles, Loyola Marymount is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

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#2

Santa Clara University

Santa Clara, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Santa Clara University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Electrical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the midsize city of Santa Clara, SCU is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California Institute of Technology. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Electrical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the midsize city of Pasadena, Caltech is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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#2

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Stanford University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular electrical engineering schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the large suburb of Stanford, Stanford is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Portland State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Electrical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the city of Portland, Portland State University is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Best Electrical Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best electrical engineering colleges 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 6 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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