Electrical Engineering at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

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

SIUE is located in Edwardsville, Illinois and approximately 12,860 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 53 EE majors received their bachelor's degree from SIUE.

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.

SIUE Electrical Engineering Degrees Available

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

SIUE Electrical Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the EE progam at SIUE 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 SIUE 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	8
Most Focused Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	83
Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	162

In 2021, 10 students received their master’s degree in EE from SIUE. This makes it the #143 most popular school for EE master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do EE Graduates from SIUE Make?

The median salary of EE students who receive their bachelor's degree at SIUE is $69,868. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 0% higher than the national average of $69,521 for all EE bachelor's degree recipients.

EE Student Demographics at SIUE

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

SIUE Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 53 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in EE from SIUE in 2021, 91% were men and 9% were women.

About 72% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in EE at SIUE are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	38
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

SIUE Electrical Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 10 students who earned a master's degree in Electrical Engineering from SIUE in 2020-2021, 50% were men and 50% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Robotics Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Industrial Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Civil 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 IL, the home state for Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Architectural and Engineering Managers	9,760	$136,270
Electrical Engineers	4,860	$94,700
Engineers	4,000	$87,220
Electronics Engineers	2,800	$98,010
Engineering Professors	1,330	$114,010

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 Illinois2011 (Tyler Warren) under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.