Electrical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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

MIT is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and approximately 11,254 students attend the school each year.

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.

MIT Electrical Engineering Degrees Available

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

MIT Electrical Engineering Rankings

The ee major at MIT 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.

There were 48 students who received their doctoral degrees in ee, making the school the #6 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

EE Student Demographics at MIT

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the ee majors at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

MIT Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 54% of ee bachelor's degrees went to men and 46% went to women. The typical ee bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% women. So female students are more repesented at MIT since its program graduates 28% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 34% 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 Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a bachelor's in ee.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	27
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	18
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

MIT Electrical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 56% of ee master's degrees went to men and 44% went to women.

In the ee master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 37% of degree recipients. That is 6% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a master's in ee.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	15
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	25
International Students	22
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Concentrations Within Electrical Engineering

Electrical Engineering majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Electrical Engineering	173

Related Majors

• Environmental Engineering
• Nuclear Engineering
• Operations Research
• Civil Engineering
• Materials 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 MA, the home state for Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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 InSapphoWeTrust under License

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