Electrical Engineering at Sonoma State University

If you are interested in studying electrical engineering, you may want to check out the program at Sonoma State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

SSU is located in Rohnert Park, California and has a total student population of 8,018. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 24 students received a bachelor's degree in EE from SSU.

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.

SSU Electrical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in EE

SSU Electrical Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the EE progam at SSU 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 SSU 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 Value Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	43
Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	139

How Much Do EE Graduates from SSU Make?

The median salary of EE students who receive their bachelor's degree at SSU is $76,907. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 11% higher than the national average of $69,521 for all EE bachelor's degree recipients.

EE Student Demographics at SSU

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

SSU Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 24 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from SSU 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 SSU since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 21% 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 Sonoma State University with a bachelor's in EE.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Engineering Science

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 CA, the home state for Sonoma State University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Architectural and Engineering Managers	31,580	$175,010
Electronics Engineers	29,210	$123,540
Electrical Engineers	26,570	$114,170
Engineers	20,600	$107,700
Aerospace Engineers	11,440	$125,540

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 Stepheng3 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.