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2023 Most Popular Electrical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in California

14 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.

The Most Popular Electrical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in California ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 14 schools in California to see which doctor's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Electrical Engineering program at each school on the list.

Check out the EE doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in California.

#1

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

Our analysis found Stanford University to be the most popular school for electrical engineering students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in California. Located in the large suburb of Stanford, Stanford is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 29% of the EE majors at the school.

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Out of the 14 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Berkeley landed the # 2 spot on the list. UC Berkeley is a fairly large public school located in the city of Berkeley.

About 21% of the students majoring in EE at the school are women while 79% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern California. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

Women make up 13% of the EE majors at the school.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of California - Los Angeles is a great place for electrical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. UCLA is a very large public school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

Of the 35 students majoring in EE at UCLA, 83% are male and 17% are female.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of California - San Diego is a great place for electrical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of La Jolla, UCSD is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 33 students majoring in EE at UCSD, 88% are male and 12% are female.

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With a ranking of #6, University of California - Santa Barbara did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for electrical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. UCSB is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Santa Barbara.

Women make up 28% of the EE majors at the school.

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University of California - Riverside did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for electrical engineering students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. UCR is a very large public school located in the large city of Riverside.

Of the 18 students majoring in EE at UCR, 83% are male and 17% are female.

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University of California - Davis came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in California ranking. UC Davis is a very large public school located in the small suburb of Davis.

Of the 16 students majoring in EE at UC Davis, 88% are male and 13% are female.

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California Institute of Technology landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree electrical engineering programs. Located in the city of Pasadena, Caltech is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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University of California - Irvine did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for electrical engineering students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. UC Irvine is a very large public school located in the city of Irvine.

Of the 10 students majoring in EE at UC Irvine, 80% are male and 20% are female.

Full Electrical Engineering at University of California - Irvine Report

Best Electrical Engineering Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Electrical Engineering Schools 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 14 schools only.

  • 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.

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