Electrical Engineering at Christopher Newport University

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

CNU is located in Newport News, Virginia and approximately 4,868 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 12 EE majors received their bachelor's degree from CNU.

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.

CNU Electrical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in EE

CNU Electrical Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks EE programs across the country. The following shows how CNU performed in these rankings.

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 CNU 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
Most Focused Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	170
Most Popular Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	282
Most Popular Electrical Engineering Schools	309

EE Student Demographics at CNU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the EE majors at Christopher Newport University.

CNU Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 12 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from CNU in 2020-2021, 75% were men and 25% were women. The typical EE bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% women. So female students are more repesented at CNU since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in EE at CNU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Christopher Newport University with a bachelor's in EE.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

CNU 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

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 VA, the home state for Christopher Newport University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Electrical Engineers	6,880	$109,690
Electronics Engineers	4,940	$114,990
Engineers	4,190	$118,390
Architectural and Engineering Managers	4,030	$164,300
Aerospace Engineers	2,060	$127,390

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 Tony Alter under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.