Electrical Engineering at Columbia University in the City of New York

If you plan to study electrical engineering, take a look at what Columbia University in the City of New York has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Columbia is located in New York, New York and approximately 30,135 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 19 EE majors received their bachelor's degree from Columbia.

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
• Doctorate Degree in EE

Columbia Electrical Engineering Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Electrical Engineering Schools	80
Best Value Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	194

In 2021, 166 students received their master’s degree in EE from Columbia. This makes it the #10 most popular school for EE master’s degree candidates in the country.

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

The EE program at Columbia awarded 19 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 63% of these degrees went to men with the other 37% going 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 19% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 23% 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	6
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	3
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Columbia Electrical Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 166 EE students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Columbia, about 71% were men and 29% were 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	7
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	7
International Students	139
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Columbia also has a doctoral program available in EE. In 2021, 22 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.