Electrical Engineering at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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

UIUC is located in Champaign, Illinois and approximately 52,679 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 238 EE majors received their bachelor's degree from UIUC.

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.

UIUC Electrical Engineering Degrees Available

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

UIUC Electrical Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks EE programs across the country. The following shows how UIUC performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The EE major at UIUC 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 Master’s Degree Schools	8
	65

In 2021, 176 students received their master’s degree in EE from UIUC. This makes it the #8 most popular school for EE master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 49 students who received their doctoral degrees in EE, making the school the #5 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of UIUC EE Graduates

The median salary of EE students who receive their bachelor's degree at UIUC is $74,981. This is 8% higher than $69,521, which is the national average for all EE bachelor's degree recipients.

EE Student Demographics at UIUC

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

UIUC Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 238 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from UIUC in 2020-2021, 84% were men and 16% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a bachelor's in EE.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	51
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	74
International Students	90
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

UIUC Electrical Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 176 students who earned a master's degree in Electrical Engineering from UIUC in 2020-2021, 79% were men and 21% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	24
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	19
International Students	132
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UIUC also has a doctoral program available in EE. In 2021, 49 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• General Engineering
• Engineering Mechanics
• Nuclear Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Operations Research

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 Urbana-Champaign.

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 Beyond My ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.