Electrical Engineering at Widener University

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

Widener is located in Chester, Pennsylvania and approximately 6,150 students attend the school each year.

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.

Widener Electrical Engineering Degrees Available

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

Widener Electrical Engineering Rankings

The ee major at Widener 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.

EE Student Demographics at Widener

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

Widener Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 80% of ee bachelor's degrees went to men and 20% went to women. The typical ee bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% women. So female students are more repesented at Widener since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ee at Widener 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 Widener University with a bachelor's in ee.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Widener Electrical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 86% of ee master's degrees went to men and 14% went to women.

Of the students who received a ee master's degree from Widener, 57% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the ee master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 43% of degree recipients. That is 12% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Electrical Engineering

If you plan to be a ee major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Widener University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Electrical Engineering	9

Related Majors

• Biomedical Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Mechanical 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 PA, the home state for Widener University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Electrical Engineers	8,870	$94,870
Architectural and Engineering Managers	7,220	$150,400
Engineers	4,850	$96,550
Electronics Engineers	3,760	$98,130
Engineering Professors	2,950	$114,870

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 User:Smallbones at English Wikipedia. under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.