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Most Popular Electrical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region

2023 Most Popular Electrical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region

14 Colleges
$139,530 Avg Salary

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 Most Popular 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 14 schools in the New England Region 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 the New England Region .

Our analysis found Massachusetts Institute of Technology to be the most popular school for electrical engineering students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the New England Region . MIT is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cambridge.

About 15% of the students majoring in EE at the school are women while 85% are male.

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The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at Northeastern University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular electrical engineering schools in the New England Region . Northeastern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

About 15% of the students majoring in EE at the school are women while 85% are male.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Connecticut is a great place for electrical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public school with a very large student population.

Women make up 25% of the EE majors at the school.

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#4

Boston University

Boston, MA

Out of the 14 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Boston University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 10 students majoring in EE at Boston U, 70% are male and 30% are female.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Massachusetts Amherst is a great place for electrical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large suburb of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 25% of the students majoring in EE at the school are women while 75% are male.

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#6

Yale University

New Haven, CT

Yale University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree electrical engineering programs. Located in the midsize city of New Haven, Yale is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

Of the 7 students majoring in EE at Yale, 57% are male and 43% are female.

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With a ranking of #6, Worcester Polytechnic Institute did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for electrical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. WPI is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Worcester.

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With a ranking of #6, University of Rhode Island did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for electrical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large suburb of Kingston, URI is a public school with a large student population.

About 29% of the students majoring in EE at the school are women while 71% are male.

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#9

Tufts University

Medford, MA

With a ranking of #9, Tufts University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for electrical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Tufts is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Medford.

Of the 4 students majoring in EE at Tufts, 50% are male and 50% are female.

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University of New Hampshire - Main Campus landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree electrical engineering programs. UNH is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Durham.

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Best Electrical Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best electrical engineering schools for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 1,254
Connecticut 241
New Hampshire 39
Maine 34
Rhode Island 63
Vermont 38

One of 40 majors within the area of study, electrical engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

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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