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2023 Most Popular Electrical Engineering Schools in New Jersey

6 Colleges
$77,121 Avg Salary
$25,563 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Electrical Engineering School for You

With 319 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, electrical engineering is the #22 most popular major in New Jersey.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Schools in New Jersey ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in New Jersey 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for EE majors pursuing a .

Our 2023 rankings named Rutgers University - New Brunswick the most popular school in New Jersey for electrical engineering students. Located in the city of New Brunswick, Rutgers New Brunswick is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Stevens Institute of Technology is a great place for electrical engineering students. Located in the large suburb of Hoboken, Stevens is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Jersey Institute of Technology. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Electrical Engineering Schools in New Jersey list. Located in the large city of Newark, NJIT is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Princeton University

Princeton, NJ

Out of the 6 schools in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, Princeton University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Princeton, Princeton is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Electrical Engineering Schools in New Jersey list. FDU is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Teaneck.

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Fairleigh Dickinson University - Florham Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for electrical engineering students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Madison, FDU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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Best Electrical Engineering Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
New York 844
Pennsylvania 725
Maryland 338
District of Columbia 95
Delaware 0

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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