Electrical Engineering at Purdue University - Main Campus
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.
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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.
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
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.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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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
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.
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.
Related Majors
- Construction Engineering
- Nuclear Engineering
- Environmental Engineering
- Other 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 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.
- College Factual
- National Center for Education Statistics
- O*NET Online
- Image Credit: By Abhijitsathe under License
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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