Electrical Engineering at Harvard University

What traits are you looking for in a EE school? To help you decide if Harvard University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's EE program.

Harvard is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and approximately 30,391 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 5 EE majors received their bachelor's degree from Harvard.

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.

Harvard Electrical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in EE

Harvard Electrical Engineering Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The EE major at Harvard 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	353

EE Student Demographics at Harvard

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

Harvard Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 5 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in EE from Harvard in 2021, 80% were men and 20% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 31% 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 Harvard University with a bachelor's in EE.

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

Harvard also has a doctoral program available in EE. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Mechanical Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• Engineering Physics
• Computer Engineering
• Engineering Science

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 MA, the home state for Harvard University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Architectural and Engineering Managers	8,190	$156,250
Electrical Engineers	7,520	$113,920
Electronics Engineers	3,830	$120,700
Engineers	3,090	$109,220
Engineering Professors	1,880	$135,140

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 Elisa.rolle under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.