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2023 Most Popular Electrical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools

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Finding the Best Electrical Engineering Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 28,844 people earned a degree or certificate in electrical engineering, making the major the #40 most popular in the United States.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Electrical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 58 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Electrical Engineering program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Electrical Engineering Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Our analysis found Columbia University in the City of New York to be the most popular school for electrical engineering students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the United States. Columbia is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

Women make up 4% of the EE majors at the school.

Read full report on Electrical Engineering at Columbia University in the City of New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Connecticut. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Electrical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the large suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public school with a fairly large student population.

About 13% of the students majoring in EE at the school are women while 87% are male.

Read full report on Electrical Engineering at University of Connecticut

#3

Clarkson University

Potsdam, NY

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Clarkson University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular electrical engineering schools in the United States. Clarkson is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Potsdam.

About 11% of the students majoring in EE at the school are women while 89% are male.

Read full report on Electrical Engineering at Clarkson University

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Naval Postgraduate School helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular electrical engineering schools in the United States. Naval Postgraduate School is a small public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Monterey.

Of the 15 students majoring in EE at Naval Postgraduate School, 73% are male and 27% are female.

Full Electrical Engineering at Naval Postgraduate School Report

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Wisconsin - Madison is a great place for electrical engineering students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public school with a fairly large student population.

About 7% of the students majoring in EE at the school are women while 93% are male.

Full Electrical Engineering at University of Wisconsin - Madison Report

Michigan Technological University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Electrical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Michigan Tech is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Houghton.

Women make up 27% of the EE majors at the school.

Full Electrical Engineering at Michigan Technological University Report

Worcester Polytechnic Institute landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate electrical engineering programs. WPI is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Worcester.

Women make up 10% of the EE majors at the school.

Read full report on Electrical Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute

With a ranking of #8, Stevens Institute of Technology did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for electrical engineering students working on their graduate certificate. Stevens is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Hoboken.

Of the 9 students majoring in EE at Stevens, 89% are male and 11% are female.

Read full report on Electrical Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology

University of St Thomas Minnesota did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for electrical engineering students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #9 on the list. UST MN is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Saint Paul.

Read full report on Electrical Engineering at University of St Thomas Minnesota

#9

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY

Stony Brook University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate electrical engineering programs. Located in the large suburb of Stony Brook, SUNY Stony Brook is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 17% of the EE majors at the school.

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New England
Rocky Mountains
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Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

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 27 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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