Electrical Engineering at Vanderbilt University

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

Vanderbilt is located in Nashville, Tennessee and approximately 13,537 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 15 EE majors received their bachelor's degree from Vanderbilt.

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.

Vanderbilt Electrical Engineering Degrees Available

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

Vanderbilt Electrical Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the EE progam at Vanderbilt compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The EE major at Vanderbilt 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
	16
Best Value Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	73
Best Value Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	170

In 2021, 12 students received their master’s degree in EE from Vanderbilt. This makes it the #135 most popular school for EE master’s degree candidates in the country.

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 Vanderbilt

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

Vanderbilt Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in EE from Vanderbilt. 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 Vanderbilt since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 24% 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 Vanderbilt University with a bachelor's in EE.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	5
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Vanderbilt Electrical Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 12 students who earned a master's degree in Electrical Engineering from Vanderbilt in 2020-2021, 67% were men and 33% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Vanderbilt also has a doctoral program available in EE. In 2021, 10 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Other Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• General Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Civil 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 TN, the home state for Vanderbilt University.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Engineers	4,250	$82,030
Architectural and Engineering Managers	3,300	$129,320
Electrical Engineers	2,720	$93,180
Electronics Engineers	1,170	$97,110
Engineering Professors	610	$107,480

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 Dansan4444 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.