Electrical Engineering at Wentworth Institute of Technology

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

WIT is located in Boston, Massachusetts and approximately 4,389 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 33 students received a bachelor's degree in EE from WIT.

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.

WIT Electrical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in EE

WIT Electrical Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the EE progam at WIT 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 WIT 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
Most Focused Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	38
Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	209
Best Value Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	252

How Much Do EE Graduates from WIT Make?

The median salary of EE students who receive their bachelor's degree at WIT is $74,430. This is 7% higher than $69,521, which is the national average for all EE bachelor's degree recipients.

EE Student Demographics at WIT

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the EE majors at Wentworth Institute of Technology.

WIT Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 73% of EE bachelor's degrees went to men and 27% went to women. The typical EE bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% women. So female students are more repesented at WIT since its program graduates 9% more women than average.

About 61% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in EE at WIT 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 Wentworth Institute of Technology with a bachelor's in EE.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	20
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

WIT also has a doctoral program available in EE. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• General Engineering
• Electromechanical Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Biomedical 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 MA, the home state for Wentworth Institute of Technology.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Architectural and Engineering Managers	8,190	$156,250
Electrical Engineers	7,520	$113,920
Electronics Engineers	3,830	$120,700
Engineers	3,090	$109,220
Engineering Professors	1,880	$135,140

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.