Electrical Engineering at California State University - Chico

If you are interested in studying electrical engineering, you may want to check out the program at California State University - Chico. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Chico State is located in Chico, California and has a total student population of 16,746. Of the 4,313 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from California State University - Chico in 2021, 36 of them were electrical engineering majors.

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.

Chico State Electrical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in EE

Chico State Electrical Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the EE progam at Chico State compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The EE major at Chico State 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Electrical Engineering Schools	85

EE Student Demographics at Chico State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the EE majors at California State University - Chico.

Chico State Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 36 students earned a bachelor's degree in EE from Chico State. About 17% of these graduates were women and the other 83% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 21% 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 State University - Chico with a bachelor's in EE.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	2
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Chico State also has a doctoral program available in EE. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Computer Engineering
• Other Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Civil 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 State University - Chico.

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.