2023 Best Electrical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region
Finding the Best Electrical Engineering Doctor's Degree School for You
Out of all the majors we analyze each year, electrical engineering was ranked #40 in the country. In fact 28,844 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.
When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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.
The Best Electrical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 11 schools in the New England Region to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best educational experiences for students. The factors used to develop this ranking include those related to how in-demand the school is, the overall quality of the school, and post-graduation wages, and more.
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2023 Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region
Check out the EE doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.
Top 10 Best Electrical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Massachusetts Institute of Technology the best school in the New England Region for electrical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. MIT is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Cambridge.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Tufts University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Tufts is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Medford.
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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Northeastern University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best electrical engineering schools in the New England Region . Northeastern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Worcester Polytechnic Institute. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. WPI is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Worcester.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Boston University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the large city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
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With a ranking of #6, University of Connecticut did quite well on this year’s best schools for electrical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public school with a fairly large student population.
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University of Massachusetts Amherst ranked #7 on this year’s Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the suburb of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public college with a very large student population.
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University of New Hampshire - Main Campus landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree electrical engineering programs. UNH is a fairly large public school located in the small suburb of Durham.
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University of Rhode Island 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 #9 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Kingston, URI is a public college with a large student population.
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University of Vermont came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. Located in the city of Burlington, UVM is a public school with a fairly large student population.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 1,254 |
| Connecticut | 241 |
| New Hampshire | 39 |
| Maine | 34 |
| Rhode Island | 63 |
| Vermont | 38 |
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Electrical Engineering Related Rankings by Major
One of 40 majors within the area of study, electrical engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Related Majors
| 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 11 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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.