Electrical Engineering at University of Rhode Island

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

URI is located in Kingston, Rhode Island and approximately 17,649 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.

URI Electrical Engineering Degrees Available

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

URI Electrical Engineering Rankings

The ee major at URI 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 7 students who received their doctoral degrees in ee, making the school the #84 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

EE Student Demographics at URI

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

URI Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 91% of ee bachelor's degrees went to men and 9% went to women.

About 66% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ee at URI 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 Rhode Island with a bachelor's in ee.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	21
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

URI Electrical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 69% of ee master's degrees went to men and 31% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	8
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Electrical Engineering

The following ee concentations are available at University of Rhode Island. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of Rhode Island. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Electrical Engineering	60

Related Majors

• Industrial Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• Ocean Engineering
• Chemical 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 RI, the home state for University of Rhode Island.

Occupation	Jobs in RI	Average Salary in RI
Electronics Engineers	1,130	$119,290
Engineers	550	$95,790
Electrical Engineers	510	$110,360
Architectural and Engineering Managers	480	$151,670
Engineering Professors	210	$137,620

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 Tnricci under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.