Electrical Engineering at University of California - Berkeley

What traits are you looking for in a EE school? To help you decide if University of California - Berkeley is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's EE program.

UC Berkeley is located in Berkeley, California and has a total student population of 42,327. Of the 10,523 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of California - Berkeley in 2021, 516 of them were electrical engineering majors.

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
• Doctorate Degree in EE

UC Berkeley Electrical Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the EE progam at UC Berkeley 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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Electrical Engineering Schools	1
Best Electrical Engineering Schools	3
Most Focused Electrical Engineering Schools	35

In 2021, 161 students received their master’s degree in EE from UC Berkeley. This makes it the #12 most popular school for EE master’s degree candidates in the country.

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.

How Much Do EE Graduates from UC Berkeley Make?

The median salary of EE students who receive their bachelor's degree at UC Berkeley is $126,367. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 82% higher than the national average of $69,521 for all EE bachelor's degree recipients.

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

Of the 516 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from UC Berkeley in 2020-2021, 80% were men and 20% were 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 2% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 34% 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	272
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	25
White	77
International Students	73
Other Races/Ethnicities	65

UC Berkeley Electrical Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 161 students who earned a master's degree in Electrical Engineering from UC Berkeley in 2020-2021, 76% were men and 24% were women.

In the EE master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 47% of degree recipients. That is 17% 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	62
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	22
International Students	63
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

UC Berkeley also has a doctoral program available in EE. In 2021, 53 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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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