Electrical Engineering at University of Illinois at Chicago

What traits are you looking for in a ee school? To help you decide if University of Illinois at Chicago is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's ee program.

UIC is located in Chicago, Illinois and approximately 33,518 students attend the school each year.

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.

UIC Electrical Engineering Degrees Available

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

UIC Electrical Engineering Rankings

The ee major at UIC 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 10 students who received their doctoral degrees in ee, making the school the #65 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

EE Student Demographics at UIC

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

UIC Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 90% of ee bachelor's degrees went to men and 10% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 27% 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 Illinois at Chicago with a bachelor's in ee.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	18
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	26
White	24
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

UIC Electrical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 71% of ee master's degrees went to men and 29% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	3
International Students	22
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Electrical Engineering

If you plan to be a ee major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Illinois at Chicago. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Electrical Engineering	162

Related Majors

• Engineering Physics
• Construction Engineering
• General Engineering
• Other Engineering
• Computer 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 IL, the home state for University of Illinois at Chicago.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Architectural and Engineering Managers	9,760	$136,270
Electrical Engineers	4,860	$94,700
Engineers	4,000	$87,220
Electronics Engineers	2,800	$98,010
Engineering Professors	1,330	$114,010

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 Hied5 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.