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2023 Most Popular Electrical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

30 Colleges
$94,068 Avg Salary

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

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, electrical engineering was ranked #27 in the country. In fact 11,021 degrees and certificates were handed out 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 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 Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 30 schools in the Southwest 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.

Check out the EE master's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Southwest Region .

Our 2023 rankings named Arizona State University - Tempe the most popular school in the Southwest Region for electrical engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public college with a very large student population.

Women make up 26% of the EE majors at the school.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means The University of Texas at Dallas is a great place for electrical engineering students working on their master’s degree. UT Dallas is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Richardson.

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

Full Electrical Engineering at The University of Texas at Dallas Report

The in-demand master’s degree programs at Texas A&M University - College Station helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular electrical engineering schools in the Southwest Region . Texas A&M College Station is a very large public school located in the midsize city of College Station.

About 20% of the students majoring in EE at the school are women while 80% are male.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means The University of Texas at Arlington is a great place for electrical engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Arlington, UT Arlington is a public school with a very large student population.

About 31% of the students majoring in EE at the school are women while 69% are male.

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#5

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Arizona is a great place for electrical engineering students working on their master’s degree. University of Arizona is a fairly large public school located in the city of Tucson.

Women make up 15% of the EE majors at the school.

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With a ranking of #6, Southern Methodist University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for electrical engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the suburb of Dallas, SMU is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

Of the 45 students majoring in EE at SMU, 69% are male and 31% are female.

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#7

University of Houston

Houston, TX

With a ranking of #7, University of Houston did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for electrical engineering students working on their master’s degree. UH is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Houston.

Women make up 24% of the EE majors at the school.

Full Electrical Engineering at University of Houston Report

University of Oklahoma Norman Campus 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 #8 on the list. University of Oklahoma is a very large public school located in the suburb of Norman.

Women make up 10% of the EE majors at the school.

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#9

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

With a ranking of #9, Texas Tech University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for electrical engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 22% of the EE majors at the school.

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University of New Mexico - Main Campus 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 large city of Albuquerque, UNM is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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

Full Electrical Engineering at University of New Mexico - Main Campus Report

Best Electrical Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best electrical engineering colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 667
Arizona 358
Oklahoma 66
New Mexico 53

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 26 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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