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Electrical Engineering at Purdue University - Main Campus

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Electrical Engineering at Purdue University - Main Campus

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

Purdue is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and has a total student population of 46,655. Of the 8,338 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Purdue University - Main Campus in 2021, 190 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.

Purdue Electrical Engineering Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Purdue

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Purdue offers distance education options for EE at the following degree levels:

Purdue Electrical Engineering Rankings

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

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 Purdue 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 Popular Online Electrical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools 7
Most Popular Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools 9

In 2021, 96 students received their master’s degree in EE from Purdue. This makes it the #21 most popular school for EE master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 80 students who received their doctoral degrees in EE, making the school the #2 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of Purdue EE Graduates

The median salary of EE students who receive their bachelor's degree at Purdue is $73,421. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 6% higher than the national average of $69,521 for all EE bachelor's degree recipients.

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EE Student Demographics at Purdue

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

Purdue Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

21% Women
18% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 190 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Purdue in 2020-2021, 79% were men and 21% were women. The typical EE bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% women. So female students are more repesented at Purdue since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 22
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 5
White 90
International Students 61
Other Races/Ethnicities 9

Purdue Electrical Engineering Master’s Program

30% Women
8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 96 students graduated with a master's degree in EE from Purdue. About 70% were men and 30% were women.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 16
International Students 71
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

Purdue also has a doctoral program available in EE. In 2021, 80 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 IN, the home state for Purdue University - Main Campus.

Occupation Jobs in IN Average Salary in IN
Architectural and Engineering Managers 4,120 $123,180
Electrical Engineers 3,210 $86,100
Electronics Engineers 2,380 $91,010
Engineers 2,380 $73,340

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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