Electrical Engineering at University of Alabama at Birmingham

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

UAB is located in Birmingham, Alabama and approximately 22,563 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 29 EE majors received their bachelor's degree from UAB.

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.

UAB Electrical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in EE

UAB Electrical Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks EE programs across the country. The following shows how UAB performed in these rankings.

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 UAB 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	100
Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	236

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in EE from UAB. This is the #225 most popular school for EE master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of UAB EE Graduates

The median salary of EE students who receive their bachelor's degree at UAB is $66,413. 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 UAB

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

UAB Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 29 EE students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UAB, about 93% were men and 7% were women.

About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in EE at UAB 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 University of Alabama at Birmingham with a bachelor's in EE.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	22
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Computer Engineering
• Other Engineering
• Electrical and Computer 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 AL, the home state for University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Electrical Engineers	4,540	$97,310
Aerospace Engineers	4,080	$115,820
Engineers	3,730	$115,710
Architectural and Engineering Managers	2,290	$138,470
Electronics Engineers	1,730	$108,980

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 Lee Adlaf under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.