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2023 Most Popular Electrical Engineering Schools in District of Columbia

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Finding the Best Electrical Engineering School for You

In 2020-2021, 95 degrees and certificates were awarded to electrical engineering students who went to a District of Columbia college or university. This makes it the #42 most popular major in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Electrical Engineering Schools in District of Columbia ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in District of Columbia 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Electrical Engineering Colleges.

Our analysis found George Washington University to be the most popular school for electrical engineering students who want to pursue a degree in District of Columbia. GWU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

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The excellent programs at Catholic University of America helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best electrical engineering schools in District of Columbia. Located in the city of Washington, CUA is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

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#3

Howard University

Washington, DC

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Howard University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Electrical Engineering Schools in District of Columbia list. Howard is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

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Best Electrical Engineering Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular Electrical Engineering Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 844
Pennsylvania 725
Maryland 338
New Jersey 319
Delaware 0

Electrical Engineering is one of 39 different types of programs to choose from.

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 3 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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