Electrical Engineering at University of Kentucky

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

UK is located in Lexington, Kentucky and approximately 29,986 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.

UK Electrical Engineering Degrees Available

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

UK Electrical Engineering Rankings

The ee major at UK 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 6 students who received their doctoral degrees in ee, making the school the #96 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

EE Student Demographics at UK

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

UK Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 79% of ee bachelor's degrees went to men and 21% went to women. The typical ee bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% women. So female students are more repesented at UK since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

About 74% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ee at UK are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	42
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UK Electrical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of ee master's degrees went to men and 0% went to women.

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

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

Concentrations Within Electrical Engineering

Electrical Engineering majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of Kentucky. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Electrical Engineering	75

Related Majors

• Industrial Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Mining Engineering
• Materials 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 KY, the home state for University of Kentucky.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Electrical Engineers	1,970	$89,780
Architectural and Engineering Managers	1,940	$117,490
Engineers	740	$79,690
Electronics Engineers	580	$81,350
Engineering Professors	170	$80,500

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 Seicer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.