Electrical Engineering at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

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

UT Knoxville is located in Knoxville, Tennessee and approximately 30,559 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.

UT Knoxville Electrical Engineering Degrees Available

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

UT Knoxville Electrical Engineering Rankings

The ee major at UT Knoxville 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 15 students who received their doctoral degrees in ee, making the school the #45 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

EE Student Demographics at UT Knoxville

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

UT Knoxville Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 86% of ee bachelor's degrees went to men and 14% went to women.

About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ee at UT Knoxville 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 The University of Tennessee - Knoxville with a bachelor's in ee.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	38
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UT Knoxville Electrical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 88% of ee master's degrees went to men and 12% went to women.

Of the students who received a ee master's degree from UT Knoxville, 56% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	14
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Electrical Engineering

Electrical Engineering majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Electrical Engineering	69

Related Majors

• Engineering Science
• Environmental Engineering
• Agricultural Engineering
• Other Engineering
• Computer 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 TN, the home state for The University of Tennessee - Knoxville.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Engineers	4,250	$82,030
Architectural and Engineering Managers	3,300	$129,320
Electrical Engineers	2,720	$93,180
Electronics Engineers	1,170	$97,110
Engineering Professors	610	$107,480

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 Nightryder84 under License

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