Electrical Engineering at Cornell University

Every electrical engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the EE program at Cornell University stacks up to those at other schools.

Cornell is located in Ithaca, New York and has a total student population of 23,620. Of the 4,287 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Cornell University in 2021, 94 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.

Cornell Electrical Engineering Degrees Available

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

Cornell Electrical Engineering Rankings

The EE major at Cornell 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.

In 2021, 148 students received their master’s degree in EE from Cornell. This makes it the #17 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.

Earnings of Cornell EE Graduates

The median salary of EE students who receive their bachelor's degree at Cornell is $88,459. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 27% higher than the national average of $69,521 for all EE bachelor's degree recipients.

EE Student Demographics at Cornell

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

Cornell Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 94 EE majors earned their bachelor's degree from Cornell. Of these graduates, 56% were men and 44% were women. The typical EE bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% women. So female students are more repesented at Cornell since its program graduates 26% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 35% 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 Cornell University with a bachelor's in EE.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	34
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	18
International Students	12
Other Races/Ethnicities	14

Cornell Electrical Engineering Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 148 EE majors earned their master's degree from Cornell. Of these graduates, 72% were men and 28% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	14
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	18
International Students	104
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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

Related Majors

• Engineering Mechanics
• General Engineering
• Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Agricultural 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 Cornell University.

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 Notyourbroom under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.