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2023 Best Electrical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in California

10 Colleges
$139,530 Avg Salary

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

Electrical Engineering is the #27 most popular major in California with 4,695 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Electrical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in California ranking. This report analyzed 10 schools in California to see which ones offered the best doctor'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 Doctor’s Degree Schools in California

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

Top 10 Best Electrical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools

Our analysis found University of California - Berkeley to be the best school for electrical engineering students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in California. UC Berkeley is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Southern California is a great place for electrical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Los Angeles. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. UCLA is a fairly large public school located in the city of Los Angeles.

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Stanford University

Stanford, CA

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Stanford University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best electrical engineering schools in California. Located in the large suburb of Stanford, Stanford is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

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Out of the 10 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Santa Barbara landed the # 5 spot on the list. UCSB is a very large public school located in the suburb of Santa Barbara.

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University of California - San Diego did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for electrical engineering students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the large city of La Jolla, UCSD is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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University of California - Davis ranked #7 on this year’s Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. UC Davis is a fairly large public school located in the small suburb of Davis.

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University of California - Irvine ranked #8 on this year’s Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. UC Irvine is a very large public school located in the city of Irvine.

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University of California - Riverside ranked #9 on this year’s Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. UCR is a very large public school located in the large city of Riverside.

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University of California - Santa Cruz landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree electrical engineering programs. Located in the small city of Santa Cruz, UC Santa Cruz is a public college with a large student population.

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Best Electrical Engineering Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Electrical Engineering Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 842
Oregon 359
Nevada 105
Hawaii 69
Alaska 32

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 10 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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