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2023 Most Popular Electrical Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region

47 Colleges
$68,403 Avg Salary
$24,939 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Electrical Engineering School for You

Electrical Engineering is the #27 most popular major in the country with 11,021 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Most Popular Electrical Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 47 schools in the Southeast 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 Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus the most popular school in the Southeast Region for electrical engineering students. Located in the city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public school with a very large student population.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means North Carolina State University is a great place for electrical engineering students. NC State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Raleigh.

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#3

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

Out of the 47 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Florida landed the # 3 spot on the list. UF is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Gainesville.

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#4

Duke University

Durham, NC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Duke University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Electrical Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region list. Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Durham.

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#5

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Virginia Tech. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Electrical Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the small city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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University of South Florida - Main 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. USF Tampa is a very large public school located in the city of Tampa.

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University of Central Florida landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular electrical engineering programs. Located in the suburb of Orlando, UCF is a public school with a very large student population.

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With a ranking of #8, Florida International University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for electrical engineering students. Located in the suburb of Miami, FIU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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University of North Carolina at Charlotte did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for electrical engineering students. It came in at #9 on the list. UNC Charlotte is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Charlotte.

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#10

University of Virginia - Main Campus

Charlottesville, VA

With a ranking of #10, University of Virginia - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for electrical engineering students. Located in the suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public school with a very 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 Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
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

One of 39 majors within the area of study, electrical engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 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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