Electrical Engineering at Iowa State University

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

Iowa State is located in Ames, Iowa and has a total student population of 31,822. Of the 6,998 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Iowa State University in 2021, 126 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.

Iowa State Electrical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in EE

Iowa State Electrical Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks EE programs across the country. The following shows how Iowa State 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 Iowa State 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	37

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

Earnings of Iowa State EE Graduates

The median salary of EE students who receive their bachelor's degree at Iowa State is $74,299. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 7% higher than the national average of $69,521 for all EE bachelor's degree recipients.

EE Student Demographics at Iowa State

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

Iowa State Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 90% of EE bachelor's degrees went to men and 10% went to women.

About 61% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in EE at Iowa State are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	77
International Students	22
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

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

Related Majors

• Systems Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• Construction Engineering
• Engineering Mechanics

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 IA, the home state for Iowa State University.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Architectural and Engineering Managers	2,120	$119,230
Engineers	1,960	$78,230
Electrical Engineers	1,210	$87,700
Engineering Professors	570	$116,060
Electronics Engineers	410	$76,900

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 Jamo2008 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.