Electrical Engineering at Fairfield University

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

Fairfield U is located in Fairfield, Connecticut and has a total student population of 5,513.

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.

Fairfield U Electrical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in EE

Fairfield U Electrical Engineering Rankings

The ee major at Fairfield U 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.

EE Student Demographics at Fairfield U

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

Fairfield U Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 75% of ee bachelor's degrees went to men and 25% went to women. The typical ee bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% women. So female students are more repesented at Fairfield U since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% 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 Fairfield University with a bachelor's in ee.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	2
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Electrical Engineering

If you plan to be a ee major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Fairfield University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Electrical Engineering	8

Related Majors

• Biomedical Engineering
• Industrial Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Mechanical 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 CT, the home state for Fairfield University.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Architectural and Engineering Managers	3,570	$143,920
Electrical Engineers	2,820	$98,310
Aerospace Engineers	1,130	$106,790
Electronics Engineers	1,000	$106,770
Engineers	940	$100,230

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 Stagophile under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.