Electrical Engineering at University of Georgia

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

UGA is located in Athens, Georgia and approximately 39,147 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 33 students received a bachelor's degree in EE from UGA.

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.

UGA Electrical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in EE

UGA Electrical Engineering Rankings

The EE major at UGA 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.

How Much Do EE Graduates from UGA Make?

The median salary of EE students who receive their bachelor's degree at UGA is $67,861. 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 UGA

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

UGA Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 33 EE majors earned their bachelor's degree from UGA. Of these graduates, 91% were men and 9% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% 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 Georgia with a bachelor's in EE.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	16
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Agricultural Engineering
• Biochemical Engineering
• General Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Environmental 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 GA, the home state for University of Georgia.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Electronics Engineers	5,030	$95,840
Architectural and Engineering Managers	4,740	$142,240
Engineers	4,380	$93,580
Electrical Engineers	4,330	$87,850
Aerospace Engineers	2,550	$114,160

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 Pruddle under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.