Electrical Engineering at Olin College

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

Olin College is located in Needham, Massachusetts and approximately 310 students attend the school each year. Of the 76 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Olin College in 2021, 22 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.

Olin College Electrical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in EE

Olin College Electrical Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks EE programs across the country. The following shows how Olin College 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 Olin College 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	1
	1
	1
Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1
Most Focused Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1
Most Focused Electrical Engineering Schools	2
Best Value Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	39
Best Value Electrical Engineering Schools	39
Most Popular Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	217
Most Popular Electrical Engineering Schools	247

EE Student Demographics at Olin College

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

Olin College Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 22 EE students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Olin College, about 55% were men and 45% were women. The typical EE bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% women. So female students are more repesented at Olin College since its program graduates 28% more women than average.

About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in EE at Olin College are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% 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 Olin College with a bachelor's in EE.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	12
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Mechanical Engineering
• General 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 Olin College.

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.