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2023 Most Popular Electrical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

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Finding the Best Electrical Engineering Graduate Certificate School for You

Electrical Engineering is the #40 most popular major in the country with 28,844 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 Most Popular Electrical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which graduate certificate 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.

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

Our analysis found Naval Postgraduate School to be the most popular school for electrical engineering students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Far Western US Region . Located in the suburb of Monterey, Naval Postgraduate School is a public college with a small student population.

About 27% of the students majoring in EE at the school are women while 73% are male.

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#2

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stanford University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Electrical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the suburb of Stanford, Stanford is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

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#2

Loyola Marymount University

Los Angeles, CA

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Loyola Marymount University is a great place for electrical engineering students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, Loyola Marymount is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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Out of the 6 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, California Institute of Technology landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of Pasadena, Caltech is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Full Electrical Engineering at California Institute of Technology Report

Out of the 6 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Portland State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Portland, Portland State University is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Santa Clara University

Santa Clara, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Santa Clara University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Electrical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the midsize city of Santa Clara, SCU is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

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Best Electrical Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best electrical engineering colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 4,695
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 6 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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