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2023 Most Popular Electrical Engineering Schools in the New England Region

19 Colleges
$81,909 Avg Salary
$25,820 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Electrical Engineering 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.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Electrical Engineering Schools in the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 19 schools in the New England Region to see which ones were the most popular programs 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 Northeastern University the most popular school in the New England Region for electrical engineering students. Northeastern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a great place for electrical engineering students. MIT is a large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge.

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#3

Boston University

Boston, MA

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Boston University is a great place for electrical engineering students. Located in the city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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The excellent programs at Worcester Polytechnic Institute helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best electrical engineering schools in the New England Region . WPI is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Worcester.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Massachusetts - Lowell is a great place for electrical engineering students. Located in the large suburb of Lowell, UMass Lowell is a public school with a large student population.

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University of Connecticut ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Electrical Engineering Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public school with a very large student population.

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University of Massachusetts Amherst landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular electrical engineering programs. Located in the suburb of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#8

Tufts University

Medford, MA

Tufts University ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Electrical Engineering Schools in the New England Region list. Tufts is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Medford.

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#9

University of New Haven

West Haven, CT

With a ranking of #9, University of New Haven did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for electrical engineering students. Located in the suburb of West Haven, University of New Haven is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

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#10

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, RI

University of Rhode Island landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular electrical engineering programs. Located in the large suburb of Kingston, URI is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Best Electrical Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best electrical engineering schools for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 666
Connecticut 95
Rhode Island 17
New Hampshire 9
Maine 0
Vermont 8

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 19 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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