Electrical Engineering at University of Houston

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

UH is located in Houston, Texas and approximately 47,090 students attend the school each year. Of the 8,890 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Houston in 2021, 95 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.

UH Electrical Engineering Degrees Available

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

UH Electrical Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks EE programs across the country. The following shows how UH 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 UH 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 Schools	35
Most Popular Electrical Engineering Schools	48

In 2021, 34 students received their master’s degree in EE from UH. This makes it the #65 most popular school for EE master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 24 students who received their doctoral degrees in EE, making the school the #29 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of UH EE Graduates

The median salary of EE students who receive their bachelor's degree at UH is $75,967. This is 9% higher than $69,521, which is the national average for all EE bachelor's degree recipients.

EE Student Demographics at UH

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

UH Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 95 EE students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UH, about 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 UH since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 23% 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 Houston with a bachelor's in EE.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	21
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	21
White	18
International Students	13
Other Races/Ethnicities	18

UH 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.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	9
International Students	21
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UH also has a doctoral program available in EE. In 2021, 24 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Surveying Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Systems 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 University of Houston.

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 RJN2 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.