Engineering: Electrical Engineering Focus
Katie Schenk - October 24, 2017
In 2014, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) estimated the job growth over the next 10 years at a mere one percent. Two years later, the same organisation upped their forecast to seven percent growth between 2016 and 2026. And, given the way technology is developping, it seems that it will only continue to grow.
The salaries are growing as well. In 2015, the BLS put the median salary at $93,010 and by 2016, it was $96,270. Those in the top 75 percent earn $119,690 and the top 90 percent reach $149,040.
And, if that wasn’t good enough, Monster.com puts it in the number one position for the top ten best-paying master’s degrees. Yep, number one. The median pay for those with a master’s degree in electrical engineering is $121,000.
If you’ve been on the fence about whether or not to pursue a US master’s in electrical engineering, perhaps the huge list of programmes and on-campus recruiters is enough to get you writing those statement of purpose essays.
Quick view: Top US electrical engineering programmes
Universities: US West
Arizona State University - Ira A. Fulton Schools of EngineeringTempe, Arizona
- USNWR engineering programme rank: 42
- USNWR electrical department rank: 33
- Estimated annual cost of attendance: $51,411
- Prodigy Finance loans available: Yes
Pasadena (Los Angeles), California
- USNWR engineering programme rank: 4
- USNWR electrical department rank: 4
- Estimated annual cost of attendance: $78,786
- Prodigy Finance loans available: Yes
Stanford University - Stanford School of Engineering
Stanford (San Francisco), California
Stanford (San Francisco), California
- USNWR engineering programme rank: 2
- USNWR electrical department rank: 2
- Estimated annual cost of attendance: $84,726
- Prodigy Finance loans available: Yes
Texas A&M University - Dwight Look College of Engineering
Berkeley (San Francisco), California
Irvine (Los Angeles), California
Boston University - College of Engineering
Boston, Massachusetts
Houston, Texas
Charlottesville, Virginia
Cleveland, Ohio
Ames, Iowa
Evanston (Chicago), Illinois
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Notre Dame, Indiana
Madison, Wisconsin
College Station, Texas
- USNWR engineering programme rank: 11
- USNWR electrical department rank: 22
- Estimated annual cost of attendance: $39,959
- Prodigy Finance loans available: Yes
Berkeley (San Francisco), California
- USNWR engineering programme rank: 3
- USNWR electrical department rank: 3
- Estimated annual cost of attendance: $61,102
- Prodigy Finance loans available: Yes
Davis (Sacramento), California
- USNWR engineering programme rank: 34
- USNWR electrical department rank: 42
- Estimated annual cost of attendance: $51,005
Irvine (Los Angeles), California
- USNWR engineering programme rank: 37
- USNWR electrical department rank: 42
- Estimated annual cost of attendance: $47,837
- Prodigy Finance loans available: Yes
Los Angeles, California
- USNWR engineering programme rank: 16
- USNWR electrical department rank: 13
- Estimated annual cost of attendance: $59,302
- Prodigy Finance loans available: Yes
University of California—San Diego - Jacobs School of Engineering
San Diego, California
Santa Barbara, California
San Diego, California
- USNWR engineering programme rank: 13
- USNWR electrical department rank: 16
- Estimated annual cost of attendance: $56,934
- Prodigy Finance loans available: Yes
Santa Barbara, California
- USNWR engineering programme rank: 19
- USNWR electrical department rank: 22
- Estimated annual cost of attendance: $54,450
- Prodigy Finance loans available: Yes
University of Colorado—Boulder - College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Boulder, Colorado
Boulder, Colorado
- USNWR engineering programme rank: 32
- USNWR electrical department rank: 36
- Estimated annual cost of attendance: $48,932
University of Southern California - Viterbi School of Engineering
Los Angeles, California
Austin, Texas
Seattle, Washington
Los Angeles, California
- USNWR engineering programme rank: 11
- USNWR electrical department rank: 13
- Estimated annual cost of attendance: $60,387
- Prodigy Finance loans available: Yes
Austin, Texas
- USNWR engineering programme rank: 9
- USNWR electrical department rank: 8
- Estimated annual cost of attendance: $37,274
- Prodigy Finance loans available: Yes
Seattle, Washington
- USNWR engineering programme rank: 25
- USNWR electrical department rank: 26
- Estimated annual cost of attendance: $51,321
- Prodigy Finance loans available: Yes
Universities: US Northeast
Boston, Massachusetts
- USNWR engineering programme rank: 34
- USNWR electrical department rank: 36
- Estimated annual cost of attendance: $70,861
- Prodigy Finance loans available: Yes
Carnegie Mellon University - College of Engineering
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
New York, New York
Cambridge (Boston), Massachusetts
Princeton, New Jersey
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- USNWR engineering programme rank: 5
- USNWR electrical department rank: 9
- Estimated annual cost of attendance: $68,915
- Prodigy Finance loans available: Yes
New York, New York
- USNWR engineering programme rank: 13
- USNWR electrical department rank: 13
- Estimated annual cost of attendance: $79,890
- Prodigy Finance loans available: Yes
Ithaca, New York
- USNWR engineering programme rank: 13
- USNWR electrical department rank: 11
- Estimated annual cost of attendance: $55,280
- Prodigy Finance loans available: Yes
Cambridge (Boston), Massachusetts
- USNWR engineering programme rank: 23
- USNWR electrical department rank: 31
- Estimated annual cost of attendance: $71,446
- Prodigy Finance loans available: Yes
Johns Hopkins University - Whiting School of Engineering
Baltimore, Maryland
Cambridge (Boston), Massachusetts
New York, New York
Baltimore, Maryland
- USNWR engineering programme rank: 19
- USNWR electrical department rank: 26
- Estimated annual cost of attendance: $70,915
- Prodigy Finance loans available: Yes
Cambridge (Boston), Massachusetts
- USNWR engineering programme rank: 1
- USNWR electrical department rank: 1
- Estimated annual cost of attendance: $82,750
- Prodigy Finance loans available: Yes
New York, New York
- USNWR engineering programme rank: 45
- USNWR electrical department rank: 52
- Estimated annual cost of attendance: $58,491
- Prodigy Finance loans available: Yes
Northeastern University - College of Engineering
Boston, Massachusetts
Boston, Massachusetts
- USNWR engineering programme rank: 39
- USNWR electrical department rank: 42
- Estimated annual cost of attendance: $42,666
University Park, Pennsylvania
- USNWR engineering programme rank: 32
- USNWR electrical department rank: 26
- Estimated annual cost of attendance: $55,000
- Prodigy Finance loans available: Yes
Princeton, New Jersey
- USNWR engineering programme rank: 17
- USNWR electrical department rank: 11
- Estimated annual cost of attendance: $74,190
- Prodigy Finance loans available: Yes
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - School of Engineering
Troy, New York
Newark, Delaware
College Park (Washington DC), Maryland
Troy, New York
- USNWR engineering programme rank: 39
- USNWR electrical department rank: 36
- Estimated annual cost of attendance: $70,719
Newark, Delaware
- USNWR engineering programme rank: 48
- USNWR electrical department rank: 65
- Estimated annual cost of attendance: $47,713
College Park (Washington DC), Maryland
- USNWR engineering programme rank: 24
- USNWR electrical department rank: 18
- Estimated annual cost of attendance: $47,054
- Prodigy Finance loans available: Yes
University of Pennsylvania - School of Engineering and Applied Science
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- USNWR engineering programme rank: 19
- USNWR electrical department rank: 16
- Estimated annual cost of attendance: $70,240
- Prodigy Finance loans available: Yes
University of Pittsburgh - Swanson School of Engineering
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Rochester, New York
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- USNWR engineering programme rank: 42
- USNWR electrical department rank: 55
- Estimated annual cost of attendance: $50,435
- Prodigy Finance loans available: Yes
Rochester, New York
- USNWR engineering programme rank: 45
- USNWR electrical department rank: 55
- Estimated annual cost of attendance: $70,108
- Prodigy Finance loans available: Yes
Universities: US South
Durham, North Carolina
- USNWR engineering programme rank: 29
- USNWR electrical department rank: 26
- Estimated annual cost of attendance: $75,382
- Prodigy Finance loans available: Yes
Georgia Institute of Technology - College of Engineering
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia
- USNWR engineering programme rank: 7
- USNWR electrical department rank: 6
- Estimated annual cost of attendance: $58,248
- Prodigy Finance loans available: Yes
Raleigh, North Carolina
- USNWR engineering programme rank: 25
- USNWR electrical department rank: 31
- Estimated annual cost of attendance: $44,510
- Prodigy Finance loans available: Yes
Houston, Texas
- USNWR engineering programme rank: 29
- USNWR electrical department rank: 22
- Estimated annual cost of attendance: $65,763
- Prodigy Finance loans available: Yes
Gainesville, Florida
- USNWR engineering programme rank: 42
- USNWR electrical department rank: 33
- Estimated annual cost of attendance: $47,284
Charlottesville, Virginia
- USNWR engineering programme rank: 39
- USNWR electrical department rank: 33
- Estimated annual cost of attendance: $48,901
- Prodigy Finance loans available: Yes
Vanderbilt University - School of Engineering
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, Tennessee
- USNWR engineering programme rank: 36
- USNWR electrical department rank: 36
- Estimated annual cost of attendance: $66,732
- Prodigy Finance loans available: Yes
Blacksburg, Virginia
- USNWR engineering programme rank: 27
- USNWR electrical department rank: 18
- Estimated annual cost of attendance: $43,220
- Prodigy Finance loans available: Yes
Universities: US Midwest
Case Western Reserve University - Case School of EngineeringCleveland, Ohio
- USNWR engineering programme rank: 50
- USNWR electrical department rank: 52
- Estimated annual cost of attendance: $62,704
Ames, Iowa
- USNWR engineering programme rank: 45
- USNWR electrical department rank: 42
- Estimated annual cost of attendance: $39,658
Evanston (Chicago), Illinois
- USNWR engineering programme rank: 19
- USNWR electrical department rank: 26
- Estimated annual cost of attendance: $73,014
- Prodigy Finance loans available: Yes
Columbus, Ohio
- USNWR engineering programme rank: 31
- USNWR electrical department rank: 18
- Estimated annual cost of attendance: $52,196
- Prodigy Finance loans available: Yes
West Lafayette, Indiana
- USNWR engineering programme rank: 8
- USNWR electrical department rank: 9
- Estimated annual cost of attendance: $43,118
- Prodigy Finance loans available: Yes
Urbana, Illinois
- USNWR engineering programme rank: 9
- USNWR electrical department rank: 4
- Estimated annual cost of attendance: $56,984
- Prodigy Finance loans available: Yes
Ann Arbor, Michigan
- USNWR engineering programme rank: 5
- USNWR electrical department rank: 7
- Estimated annual cost of attendance: $68,144
- Prodigy Finance loans available: Yes
Minneapolis, Minnesota
- USNWR engineering programme rank: 27
- USNWR electrical department rank: 22
- Estimated annual cost of attendance: $43,006
- Prodigy Finance loans available: Yes
Notre Dame, Indiana
- USNWR engineering programme rank: 48
- USNWR electrical department rank: 42
- Estimated annual cost of attendance: $71,856
- Prodigy Finance loans available: Yes
Madison, Wisconsin
- USNWR engineering programme rank: 18
- USNWR electrical department rank: 18
- Estimated annual cost of attendance: $44,369
- Prodigy Finance loans available: Yes
Universities offering ME degrees
Harvard University - John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Pennsylvania State University—University Park - College of Engineering
Princeton University - School of Engineering and Applied Science
University of Colorado—Boulder - College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
University of Florida - Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering
University of Virginia - School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Universities offering spring admissions
- Arizona State University - Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering
- Carnegie Mellon University - College of Engineering
- Case Western Reserve University - Case School of Engineering
- Columbia University - The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science
- Georgia Institute of Technology - College of Engineering
- Iowa State University - College of Engineering
- New York University - Tandon School of Engineering
- North Carolina State University - College of Engineering
- Purdue University - College of Engineering
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - School of Engineering
- Rice University - George R. Brown School of Engineering
- Stanford University - Stanford School of Engineering
- University of Colorado—Boulder - College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
- University of Delaware - College of Engineering
- University of Illinois—Urbana-Champaign - College of Engineering
- University of Pittsburgh - Swanson School of Engineering
- University of Southern California - Viterbi School of Engineering
- University of Texas—Austin - Cockrell School of Engineering
- University of Virginia - School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
- Virginia Tech - College of Engineering
Quick view: Top electrical engineering masters recruiters
- Acumen Solutions Inc
- Adaptrum
- Advanced Energy
- Advanced Micro Devices
- Aerotech
- Air Liquide America
- American Electric Power
- Analytical Graphics
- Appirio
- Applied Engineering Concepts
- Artis LLC
- Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems
- Bigstream
- Bloomberg
- Boeing Engineering
- BTI360
- Caesar Creek Software
- Cardinal Health
- Casa Systems
- CE Power
- Chart Inc
- Charter Steel
- Cisco Systems
- Codonics
- Commercial Timesharing Inc
- Continental AG - Continental Automotive Systems
- Curtis Instruments
- Deloitte Consulting
- Delsys
- DISH Network
- DMC Inc
- DownUnder GeoSolutions
- Duquesne Light
- EASi
- Ellwood Group Inc
- Enterprise Automation
- FAAC Inc
- Fidelity Investments
- Five Rings Capital
- GE Appliances
- General Dynamics Mission Systems
- Google
- Green Hills Software
- Hanley Flight & Zimmerman
- Heapy Engineering
- Heating & Cooling Products
- Highmark Health
- Hitachi Automotive Systems Americas
- IBM Watson Health
- ICF Olson
- Impact Radius
- Innovative Defense Technologies
- Integrated Solutions for Systems
- IXL Learning
- Jibo
- Kaiam Corporation
- Karpinski Engineering
- Keithley Instruments
- Kimley-Horn
- Kodak
- KPMG LLP
- Landis+Gyr
- LGS Innovations
- Liberty Mutual
- Maxim Integrated
- ME Engineers
- MeridianLink
- Metron
- Metso Minerals Industries
- Microsoft
- Navistar Inc
- Norwood Medical
- NuWaves Engineering
- Optimal Satcom
- Owens Illinois
- P&E Microcomputer Systems
- Panasonic Avionics Corporation
- POWER Engineers
- Progressive Insurance
- Qualcomm
- Redfin
- Redline Trading Solutions
- Ricoh USA
- RoviSys
- Safran
- Salas O'Brien
- Scheeser Buckley Mayfield
- Seagate Technology
- Sensata Technologies
- Sherwin-Williams Company
- Siemens Corporation
- Skyworks Solutions
- SmithGroup
- SMS USA LLC
- Solers
- Soroco
- Spectranetics
- SRC Inc
- Stottler Henke
- Syska Hennessy Group
- TE Connectivity
- TeamDynamix
- Teledyne LeCroy
- Terex Corporation
- Tracewell Systems
- Valero Energy Corporation
- Vmware
- WaveLynx Tech
- Wizsolution LLC
- Yinzcam
- Zobrist Consulting Group
- Zodiac Inflight Innovations
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