Electrical Engineering at Howard University

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

Howard is located in Washington, District of Columbia and approximately 10,859 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,542 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Howard University in 2021, 12 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.

Howard Electrical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in EE

Howard Electrical Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the EE progam at Howard compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 Howard 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 Popular Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	143

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in EE from Howard. This is the #225 most popular school for EE master’s degree candidates in the country.

EE Student Demographics at Howard

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

Howard Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in EE from Howard. About 75% were men and 25% were women. The typical EE bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% women. So female students are more repesented at Howard since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 21% 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 Howard University with a bachelor's in EE.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Computer Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Chemical 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 DC, the home state for Howard University.

Occupation	Jobs in DC	Average Salary in DC
Engineers	2,640	$132,530
Architectural and Engineering Managers	1,360	$152,130
Electrical Engineers	530	$118,000
Electronics Engineers	480	$130,630
Aerospace Engineers	310	$138,480

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 Josh under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.