Electrical Engineering at The University of Texas at Dallas

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

UT Dallas is located in Richardson, Texas and approximately 28,669 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 126 EE majors received their bachelor's degree from UT Dallas.

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 Dallas Electrical Engineering Degrees Available

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

UT Dallas Electrical Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the EE progam at UT Dallas compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The EE major at UT Dallas 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 Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	156
Best Value Electrical Engineering Schools	210

In 2021, 93 students received their master’s degree in EE from UT Dallas. This makes it the #22 most popular school for EE master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 38 students who received their doctoral degrees in EE, making the school the #13 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of UT Dallas EE Graduates

The median salary of EE students who receive their bachelor's degree at UT Dallas is $67,146. This is less than $69,521, which is the national average of all EE majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

EE Student Demographics at UT Dallas

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the EE majors at The University of Texas at Dallas.

UT Dallas Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 126 EE majors earned their bachelor's degree from UT Dallas. Of these graduates, 81% were men and 19% were women. The typical EE bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% women. So female students are more repesented at UT Dallas since its program graduates 1% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 32% 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 The University of Texas at Dallas with a bachelor's in EE.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	36
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	28
White	37
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

UT Dallas Electrical Engineering Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 93 EE majors earned their master's degree from UT Dallas. Of these graduates, 73% were men and 27% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Texas at Dallas with a master's in EE.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	8
International Students	75
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UT Dallas also has a doctoral program available in EE. In 2021, 38 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Materials Engineering
• Systems Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Mechanical 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 TX, the home state for The University of Texas at Dallas.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Electrical Engineers	14,680	$106,260
Electronics Engineers	13,000	$119,260
Architectural and Engineering Managers	12,920	$167,280
Engineers	10,710	$113,370
Aerospace Engineers	6,770	$122,570

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 Stan9999 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.