Electrical Engineering at Virginia Tech

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

Virginia Tech is located in Blacksburg, Virginia and approximately 37,024 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 146 students received a bachelor's degree in EE from Virginia Tech.

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.

Virginia Tech Electrical Engineering Degrees Available

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

Virginia Tech Electrical Engineering Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The EE major at Virginia Tech 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
Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	29
Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	32
	100

In 2021, 54 students received their master’s degree in EE from Virginia Tech. This makes it the #48 most popular school for EE master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 43 students who received their doctoral degrees in EE, making the school the #11 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do EE Graduates from Virginia Tech Make?

The median salary of EE students who receive their bachelor's degree at Virginia Tech is $73,162. This is 5% higher than $69,521, which is the national average for all EE bachelor's degree recipients.

EE Student Demographics at Virginia Tech

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

Virginia Tech Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 146 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in EE from Virginia Tech in 2021, 81% were men and 19% were women. The typical EE bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% women. So female students are more repesented at Virginia Tech since its program graduates 1% more women than average.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in EE at Virginia Tech 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 Virginia Tech with a bachelor's in EE.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	17
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	83
International Students	30
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Virginia Tech Electrical Engineering Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 54 students earned a master's degree in EE from Virginia Tech. About 19% of these graduates were women and the other 81% were men.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	14
International Students	36
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Virginia Tech also has a doctoral program available in EE. In 2021, 43 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Marine Engineering
• Nuclear Engineering
• Systems Engineering
• Polymer & Plastics Engineering
• Other 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 VA, the home state for Virginia Tech.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Electrical Engineers	6,880	$109,690
Electronics Engineers	4,940	$114,990
Engineers	4,190	$118,390
Architectural and Engineering Managers	4,030	$164,300
Aerospace Engineers	2,060	$127,390

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 Eric T Gunther under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.