Best Colleges for Electrical Engineering by Graduate Earnings

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Best colleges for Electrical Engineering

Ranked by median Electrical Engineering graduate earnings (~10 years after entry) from College Scorecard’s field-of-study data — the financial outcome for that specific field, not a prestige ranking. Source-cited; model your own odds and net price at each.

#	College	Location	Electrical Engineering earnings	Net price	Accept.
1	UC Berkeley	Berkeley, CA	$128,868	$13,481	11%
2	MIT	Cambridge, MA	$121,226	$20,111	5%
3	Carnegie Mellon	Pittsburgh, PA	$114,223	$31,944	12%
4	Cornell	Ithaca, NY	$92,277	$28,690	9%
5	Pace University	New York, NY	$88,639	$30,892	76%
6	Stanford	Stanford, CA	$84,653	$13,807	4%
7	Tufts	Medford, MA	$84,653	$39,998	11%
8	Lawrence Technological University	Southfield, MI	$84,653	$32,918	56%
9	UCLA	Los Angeles, CA	$83,915	$12,548	9%
10	Michigan	Ann Arbor, MI	$82,123	$13,138	16%
11	USC	Los Angeles, CA	$80,567	$32,740	10%
12	UT Austin	Austin, TX	$80,550	$19,857	27%
13	Howard University	Washington, DC	$80,041	$50,539	41%
14	Johns Hopkins	Baltimore, MD	$79,653	$18,809	6%
15	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	San Luis Obispo, CA	$79,647	$16,665	31%
16	Wayne State University	Detroit, MI	$79,473	$12,766	81%
17	Kettering University	Flint, MI	$78,612	$34,660	79%
18	Oakland University	Rochester Hills, MI	$78,488	$9,120	88%
19	Saginaw Valley State University	University Center, MI	$78,343	$10,775	72%
20	University of Michigan-Dearborn	Dearborn, MI	$77,464	$9,492	56%
21	Stevens	Hoboken, NJ	$77,213	$41,346	48%
22	Michigan State	East Lansing, MI	$77,115	$19,680	85%
23	Texas A&M	College Station, TX	$77,062	$21,315	57%
24	Northeastern	Boston, MA	$76,773	$30,915	5%
25	RPI	Troy, NY	$76,460	$36,228	63%
26	University of North Dakota	Grand Forks, ND	$76,460	$18,551	77%
27	Alabama	Tuscaloosa, AL	$75,832	$22,420	77%
28	University of San Diego	San Diego, CA	$75,706	$30,365	52%
29	Notre Dame	Notre Dame, IN	$75,518	$26,780	11%
30	Florida	Gainesville, FL	$75,405	$6,541	24%
31	Baylor	Waco, TX	$75,047	$41,104	51%
32	Boise State University	Boise, ID	$75,047	$21,610	87%
33	Columbia	New York, NY	$74,953	$21,590	4%
34	Northern Arizona University	Flagstaff, AZ	$74,890	$14,158	90%
35	UVA	Charlottesville, VA	$74,576	$21,565	17%
36	Villanova	Villanova, PA	$74,576	$43,756	27%
37	Ohio State	Columbus, OH	$74,576	$17,339	61%
38	University of Houston	Houston, TX	$74,576	$14,276	74%
39	Trine University	Angola, IN	$74,576	$25,355	85%
40	Valparaiso University	Valparaiso, IN	$74,576	$18,578	89%
41	Mississippi State University	Mississippi State, MS	$74,405	$17,595	78%
42	Central Michigan University	Mount Pleasant, MI	$74,367	$17,597	90%
43	Rose-Hulman	Terre Haute, IN	$74,341	$42,513	77%
44	Rutgers	New Brunswick, NJ	$74,063	$24,406	58%
45	Georgia Tech	Atlanta, GA	$73,992	$12,116	14%
46	San Jose State University	San Jose, CA	$73,720	$13,760	85%
47	New Mexico State University-Main Campus	Las Cruces, NM	$73,635	$8,889	89%
48	Western Michigan University	Kalamazoo, MI	$73,562	$15,273	85%
49	Texas Tech University	Lubbock, TX	$73,530	$19,070	73%
50	Saint Louis University	Saint Louis, MO	$73,446	$24,398	75%

Quick answers

How are the best colleges for Electrical Engineering ranked?

By the median earnings of Electrical Engineering graduates ~10 years after entry, from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard field-of-study data. It measures financial outcomes for that specific field at each school — not overall prestige or how hard it is to get in.

Does a higher rank mean the program is better, or easier to enter?

Neither on its own. It means graduates of that field tend to earn more — which reflects the field, the school, and who enrolls. Admission difficulty is separate: use each school's acceptance rate here, then run your personalized odds. Earnings also lag ~2 years and cover federally-aided graduates.

Why isn't every college listed?

We only rank schools where College Scorecard reports field-of-study earnings for Electrical Engineering among the school's programs, so coverage grows as more institutions report. A missing school isn't a judgment — we just don't have verified Electrical Engineering earnings for it yet.

Earnings are field-of-study medians from College Scorecard and lag ~2 years; they cover federally-aided graduates, not every student, and are not a guarantee of individual outcomes.

These outputs are estimates from a baseline model — not guarantees of admission, cost, or outcome.