Electrical Engineering at Northwestern University

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

Northwestern is located in Evanston, Illinois and approximately 22,603 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 students received a bachelor's degree in EE from Northwestern.

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.

Northwestern Electrical Engineering Degrees Available

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

Northwestern Electrical Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the EE progam at Northwestern 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 Northwestern 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	6
Most Focused Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	121
Most Focused Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	344

In 2021, 55 students received their master’s degree in EE from Northwestern. This makes it the #46 most popular school for EE master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 6 students who received their doctoral degrees in EE, making the school the #96 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

EE Student Demographics at Northwestern

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

Northwestern Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 15 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Northwestern in 2020-2021, 80% were men and 20% were women. The typical EE bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% women. So female students are more repesented at Northwestern since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Northwestern Electrical Engineering Master’s Program

The EE program at Northwestern awarded 55 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 73% of these degrees went to men with the other 27% going to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	47
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Northwestern also has a doctoral program available in EE. In 2021, 6 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Engineering Mechanics
• General Engineering
• Engineering Physics
• Environmental Engineering
• Manufacturing 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 IL, the home state for Northwestern University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Architectural and Engineering Managers	9,760	$136,270
Electrical Engineers	4,860	$94,700
Engineers	4,000	$87,220
Electronics Engineers	2,800	$98,010
Engineering Professors	1,330	$114,010

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 Madcoverboy at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.