Electrical Engineering at New York Institute of Technology

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

NYIT is located in Old Westbury, New York and approximately 6,851 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 91 students received a bachelor's degree in EE from NYIT.

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.

NYIT Electrical Engineering Degrees Available

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

NYIT Electrical Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the EE progam at NYIT 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 NYIT 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 Schools	31
Most Popular Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	52
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In 2021, 23 students received their master’s degree in EE from NYIT. This makes it the #92 most popular school for EE master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of NYIT EE Graduates

The median salary of EE students who receive their bachelor's degree at NYIT is $55,015. This is less than $69,521, which is the national average of all EE majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

EE Student Demographics at NYIT

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the EE majors at New York Institute of Technology.

NYIT Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

The EE program at NYIT awarded 91 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 79% of these degrees went to men with the other 21% going to women. The typical EE bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% women. So female students are more repesented at NYIT since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 38% 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 New York Institute of Technology with a bachelor's in EE.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	40
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	12
International Students	15
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

NYIT Electrical Engineering Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 23 EE majors earned their master's degree from NYIT. Of these graduates, 87% were men and 13% were women.

In the EE master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 35% of degree recipients. That is 5% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	6
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Biomedical 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 NY, the home state for New York Institute of Technology.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Electrical Engineers	10,500	$103,740
Architectural and Engineering Managers	7,330	$161,670
Engineers	4,910	$95,270
Electronics Engineers	3,630	$98,150
Engineering Professors	2,900	$127,010

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 Leginius The Angry under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.