Electrical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

If you are interested in studying electrical engineering, you may want to check out the program at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

MIT is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and approximately 11,254 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,249 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2021, 51 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.

MIT Electrical Engineering Degrees Available

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

MIT Electrical Engineering Rankings

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

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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	18
Best Value Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	31
Most Focused Electrical Engineering Schools	39
Best Value Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	69
Best Value Electrical Engineering Schools	73
Most Focused Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	108
Most Popular Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	110

In 2021, 74 students received their master’s degree in EE from MIT. This makes it the #33 most popular school for EE master’s degree candidates in the country.

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.

How Much Do EE Graduates from MIT Make?

The median salary of EE students who receive their bachelor's degree at MIT is $104,229. This is 50% higher than $69,521, which is the national average for all EE bachelor's degree recipients.

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

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 51 EE majors earned their bachelor's degree from MIT. Of these graduates, 78% were men and 22% were 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 4% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 20% 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	6
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	21
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

MIT Electrical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 66% of EE master's degrees went to men and 34% went to women.

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	12
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	19
International Students	28
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

MIT also has a doctoral program available in EE. In 2021, 48 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.