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Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

2023 Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

15 Colleges
$69,529 Avg Salary
$24,205 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor's Degree School for You

Electrical Engineering is the #31 most popular major in Pennsylvania with 1,590 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. This report analyzed 15 schools in Pennsylvania to see which ones offered the best bachelor's degree programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

The following schools top our list of the Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools

#1

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

Our 2023 rankings named Carnegie Mellon University the best school in Pennsylvania for electrical engineering students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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#2

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. UPenn is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Philadelphia.

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#3

Bucknell University

Lewisburg, PA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Bucknell University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. Located in the town of Lewisburg, Bucknell is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average amount in student loans that EE majors at Bucknell take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $21,284.

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#4

Lafayette College

Easton, PA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Lafayette College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. Located in the suburb of Easton, Lafayette is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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#5

Lehigh University

Bethlehem, PA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lehigh University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. Lehigh is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Bethlehem.

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#6

Villanova University

Villanova, PA

Villanova University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. Villanova is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Villanova.

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York College of Pennsylvania ranked #7 on this year’s Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. YCP is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize suburb of York.

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University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for electrical engineering students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Pitt is a very large public school located in the city of Pittsburgh.

While working on their Bachelor's Degree, EE majors at Pitt accumulate an average of around $24,738 in student debt.

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University of Pittsburgh - Johnstown did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for electrical engineering students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Pitt Johnstown is a small public school located in the suburb of Johnstown.

On average, EE graduates from Pitt Johnstown take out $24,738 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

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#10

Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA

Drexel University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. Located in the city of Philadelphia, Drexel is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

On average, EE graduates from Drexel take out $28,090 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree. Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $723.

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Best Electrical Engineering Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Electrical Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 1,774
Maryland 597
New Jersey 761
District of Columbia 124
Delaware 44

Electrical Engineering is one of 40 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 46,178
Civil Engineering 21,388
Computer Engineering 17,987
Chemical Engineering 12,917
Biomedical Engineering 12,811

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 15 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to NASA.

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