Electrical Engineering at University of California - Berkeley

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

UC Berkeley is located in Berkeley, California and has a total student population of 42,327.

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.

UC Berkeley Electrical Engineering Degrees Available

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

UC Berkeley Electrical Engineering Rankings

The ee major at UC Berkeley 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 53 students who received their doctoral degrees in ee, making the school the #4 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

EE Student Demographics at UC Berkeley

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

UC Berkeley Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 79% of ee bachelor's degrees went to men and 21% went to women. The typical ee bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% women. So female students are more repesented at UC Berkeley since its program graduates 3% 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 University of California - Berkeley with a bachelor's in ee.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	241
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	26
White	74
International Students	74
Other Races/Ethnicities	61

UC Berkeley Electrical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 76% of ee master's degrees went to men and 24% went to women.

In the ee master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 2% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	50
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	16
International Students	105
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Concentrations Within Electrical Engineering

The following ee concentations are available at University of California - Berkeley. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of California - Berkeley. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Electrical Engineering	729
Other Electrical Engineering	1

Related Majors

• General Engineering
• Biochemical Engineering
• Other Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Engineering Physics

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 University of California - Berkeley.

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 LAgirl5252 under License

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