Electrical Engineering at Wayne State University

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

Wayne State is located in Detroit, Michigan and approximately 26,241 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 75 EE majors received their bachelor's degree from Wayne State.

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.

Wayne State Electrical Engineering Degrees Available

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

Wayne State Electrical Engineering Rankings

The EE major at Wayne State 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.

In 2021, 30 students received their master’s degree in EE from Wayne State. This makes it the #73 most popular school for EE master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 9 students who received their doctoral degrees in EE, making the school the #74 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of Wayne State EE Graduates

The median salary of EE students who receive their bachelor's degree at Wayne State is $76,864. This is 11% higher than $69,521, which is the national average for all EE bachelor's degree recipients.

EE Student Demographics at Wayne State

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

Wayne State Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 75 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Wayne State in 2020-2021, 83% were men and 17% were women.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in EE at Wayne State 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 Wayne State University with a bachelor's in EE.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	47
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Wayne State Electrical Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 30 students who graduated with a master’s in EE from Wayne State in 2021, 80% were men and 20% were women.

Of the students who received a EE master's degree from Wayne State, 57% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	17
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Wayne State also has a doctoral program available in EE. In 2021, 9 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• General Engineering
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Other 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 MI, the home state for Wayne State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Architectural and Engineering Managers	10,460	$132,810
Electrical Engineers	9,190	$90,700
Electronics Engineers	4,020	$90,230
Engineering Professors	1,640	$106,740

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 Del arte under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.