Electrical Engineering at California Institute of Technology

If you plan to study electrical engineering, take a look at what California Institute of Technology has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Caltech is located in Pasadena, California and has a total student population of 2,240.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Electrical Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

Caltech Electrical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in EE
• Master’s Degree in EE

Caltech Electrical Engineering Rankings

The ee major at Caltech is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Electrical Engineering. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

There were 11 students who received their doctoral degrees in ee, making the school the #60 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

EE Student Demographics at Caltech

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the ee majors at California Institute of Technology.

Caltech Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 44% of ee bachelor's degrees went to men and 56% went to women. The typical ee bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% women. So female students are more repesented at Caltech since its program graduates 38% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 44% more racial-ethnic minorities in its ee bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California Institute of Technology with a bachelor's in ee.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Caltech Electrical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 83% of ee master's degrees went to men and 17% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California Institute of Technology with a master's in ee.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	13
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Electrical Engineering

The following ee concentations are available at California Institute of Technology. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from California Institute of Technology. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Electrical Engineering	51

Related Majors

• Civil Engineering
• Systems Engineering
• Engineering Mechanics
• Environmental Engineering
• Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering

Careers That EE Grads May Go Into

A degree in ee can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for California Institute of Technology.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Architectural and Engineering Managers	31,580	$175,010
Electronics Engineers	29,210	$123,540
Electrical Engineers	26,570	$114,170
Engineers	20,600	$107,700
Aerospace Engineers	11,440	$125,540

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Canon.vs.nikon under License

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