Electrical Engineering at Washington University in St Louis

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

WUSTL is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and approximately 15,449 students attend the school each year. Of the 2,441 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Washington University in St Louis in 2021, 32 of them were electrical engineering majors.

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.

WUSTL Electrical Engineering Degrees Available

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

WUSTL Electrical Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks EE programs across the country. The following shows how WUSTL 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 WUSTL 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
	32

In 2021, 74 students received their master’s degree in EE from WUSTL. This makes it the #33 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 WUSTL

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the EE majors at Washington University in St Louis.

WUSTL Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 32 EE majors earned their bachelor's degree from WUSTL. Of these graduates, 72% were men and 28% were women. The typical EE bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% women. So female students are more repesented at WUSTL since its program graduates 10% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% 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 Washington University in St Louis with a bachelor's in EE.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	13
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

WUSTL Electrical Engineering Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 74 students earned a master's degree in EE from WUSTL. About 32% of these graduates were women and the other 68% were men.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	15
International Students	55
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Materials Engineering
• Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering
• Construction Engineering
• Computer 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 MO, the home state for Washington University in St Louis.

Occupation	Jobs in MO	Average Salary in MO
Electrical Engineers	3,680	$97,750
Architectural and Engineering Managers	2,740	$138,520
Electronics Engineers	1,620	$100,050
Aerospace Engineers	1,250	$114,570
Engineers	1,170	$86,850

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 Bachrach44 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.