Electrical Engineering at Columbia University in the City of New York

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

Columbia is located in New York, New York and approximately 30,135 students attend the school each year.

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.

Columbia Electrical Engineering Degrees Available

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

Columbia Electrical Engineering Rankings

The ee major at Columbia 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 22 students who received their doctoral degrees in ee, making the school the #31 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

EE Student Demographics at Columbia

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the ee majors at Columbia University in the City of New York.

Columbia Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 58% of ee bachelor's degrees went to men and 42% went to women. The typical ee bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% women. So female students are more repesented at Columbia since its program graduates 24% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% 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 Columbia University in the City of New York with a bachelor's in ee.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	9
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Columbia Electrical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 78% of ee master's degrees went to men and 22% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Columbia University in the City of New York with a master's in ee.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	15
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	15
International Students	275
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Concentrations Within Electrical Engineering

Electrical Engineering majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Columbia University in the City of New York. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Electrical Engineering	232

Related Majors

• Computer Engineering
• Engineering Physics
• Environmental Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Industrial 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 NY, the home state for Columbia University in the City of New York.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Electrical Engineers	10,500	$103,740
Architectural and Engineering Managers	7,330	$161,670
Engineers	4,910	$95,270
Electronics Engineers	3,630	$98,150
Engineering Professors	2,900	$127,010

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 Nandaro under License

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