2023 Most Popular Electrical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region
Finding the Best Electrical Engineering Master's Degree School for You
Electrical Engineering is the #27 most popular major in the country with 11,021 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
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To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Electrical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 44 schools in the Southeast Region to see which master's degree 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.
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2023 Most Popular Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the most popular for EE majors pursuing a master's degree.
Top 10 Most Popular Electrical Engineering Master's Degree Schools
Our analysis found Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus to be the most popular school for electrical engineering students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Southeast Region . Located in the large city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public college with a very large student population.
Women make up 19% of the EE majors at the school.
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Out of the 44 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Florida landed the # 2 spot on the list. UF is a very large public school located in the city of Gainesville.
Of the 165 students majoring in EE at UF, 75% are male and 25% are female.
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Out of the 44 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. NC State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Raleigh.
Women make up 22% of the EE majors at the school.
Out of the 44 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Duke University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Duke is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Durham.
Women make up 27% of the EE majors at the school.
A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of South Florida - Main Campus is a great place for electrical engineering students working on their master’s degree. USF Tampa is a very large public school located in the city of Tampa.
Of the 72 students majoring in EE at USF Tampa, 72% are male and 28% are female.
Full Electrical Engineering at University of South Florida - Main Campus Report
Virginia Tech did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for electrical engineering students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the small city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population.
About 19% of the students majoring in EE at the school are women while 81% are male.
University of Central Florida did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for electrical engineering students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the suburb of Orlando, UCF is a public school with a fairly large student population.
About 24% of the students majoring in EE at the school are women while 76% are male.
Full Electrical Engineering at University of Central Florida Report
Florida International University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree electrical engineering programs. Located in the suburb of Miami, FIU is a public college with a very large student population.
About 10% of the students majoring in EE at the school are women while 90% are male.
University of North Carolina at Charlotte ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. UNC Charlotte is a very large public school located in the city of Charlotte.
Of the 40 students majoring in EE at UNC Charlotte, 78% are male and 23% are female.
George Mason University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for electrical engineering students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the suburb of Fairfax, GMU is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Of the 26 students majoring in EE at GMU, 96% are male and 4% are female.
Best Electrical Engineering Colleges by State
Explore the best electrical engineering colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Virginia | 182 |
Florida | 528 |
Georgia | 444 |
North Carolina | 388 |
Tennessee | 62 |
Kentucky | 41 |
Louisiana | 12 |
Alabama | 55 |
South Carolina | 51 |
Mississippi | 17 |
Arkansas | 27 |
West Virginia | 13 |
Electrical Engineering Related Majors
One of 39 majors within the area of study, electrical engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Majors Related to EE
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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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