Electrical Engineering at Princeton University

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

Princeton is located in Princeton, New Jersey and has a total student population of 7,853. Of the 1,175 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Princeton University in 2021, 31 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.

Princeton Electrical Engineering Degrees Available

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

Princeton Electrical Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the EE progam at Princeton 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 Princeton 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 Master’s Degree Schools	3
Best Electrical Engineering Schools	4
Most Focused Electrical Engineering Schools	46
Most Focused Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	94

In 2021, 32 students received their master’s degree in EE from Princeton. This makes it the #71 most popular school for EE master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 21 students who received their doctoral degrees in EE, making the school the #34 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

EE Student Demographics at Princeton

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

Princeton Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 31 EE majors earned their bachelor's degree from Princeton. Of these graduates, 65% were men and 35% were women. The typical EE bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% women. So female students are more repesented at Princeton since its program graduates 18% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% 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 Princeton University with a bachelor's in EE.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	10
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Princeton Electrical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 88% of EE master's degrees went to men and 13% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	4
International Students	25
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Princeton also has a doctoral program available in EE. In 2021, 21 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Civil Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Operations Research

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 NJ, the home state for Princeton University.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
Architectural and Engineering Managers	4,020	$163,440
Electrical Engineers	3,590	$118,120
Engineers	3,470	$114,990
Electronics Engineers	3,160	$113,560
Aerospace Engineers	1,840	$115,850

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 Quantockgoblin under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.