Electrical Engineering at Stanford University

Every electrical engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the ee program at Stanford University stacks up to those at other schools.

Stanford is located in Stanford, California and approximately 15,953 students attend the school each year.

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.

Stanford Electrical Engineering Degrees Available

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

Stanford Electrical Engineering Rankings

The ee major at Stanford 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.

There were 73 students who received their doctoral degrees in ee, making the school the #3 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

EE Student Demographics at Stanford

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

Stanford Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 63% of ee bachelor's degrees went to men and 37% went to women. The typical ee bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% women. So female students are more repesented at Stanford since its program graduates 18% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% 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 Stanford University with a bachelor's in ee.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	11
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Stanford Electrical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 54% of ee master's degrees went to men and 46% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	23
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	24
International Students	71
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Concentrations Within Electrical Engineering

If you plan to be a ee major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Stanford University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Electrical Engineering	259

Related Majors

• Petroleum Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Biomedical 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 CA, the home state for Stanford 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 Pere Joan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.