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Most Popular Electrical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

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2023 Most Popular Electrical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

35 Colleges
$94,068 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Electrical Engineering Master's Degree 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 Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. This report analyzed 35 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones were the most popular master's degree 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for EE majors pursuing a master's degree.

Our analysis found University of Southern California to be the most popular school for electrical engineering students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Far Western US Region . Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

Women make up 23% of the EE majors at the school.

Full Electrical Engineering at University of Southern California Report

Out of the 35 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - San Diego landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large city of La Jolla, UCSD is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 21% of the EE majors at the school.

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Out of the 35 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Los Angeles landed the # 3 spot on the list. UCLA is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

Of the 189 students majoring in EE at UCLA, 80% are male and 20% are female.

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Out of the 35 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Berkeley landed the # 4 spot on the list. UC Berkeley is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Berkeley.

Women make up 24% of the EE majors at the school.

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#5

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

The in-demand master’s degree programs at Stanford University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular electrical engineering schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the large suburb of Stanford, Stanford is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

Women make up 35% of the EE majors at the school.

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San Jose State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for electrical engineering students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. San Jose State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of San Jose.

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

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With a ranking of #7, University of Washington - Seattle Campus did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for electrical engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 23% of the EE majors at the school.

Read full report on Electrical Engineering at University of Washington - Seattle Campus

#8

Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR

With a ranking of #8, Oregon State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for electrical engineering students working on their master’s degree. Oregon State is a very large public school located in the city of Corvallis.

Of the 56 students majoring in EE at Oregon State, 77% are male and 23% are female.

Full Electrical Engineering at Oregon State University Report

University of California - Santa Barbara landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree electrical engineering programs. UCSB is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Santa Barbara.

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

Full Electrical Engineering at University of California - Santa Barbara Report

University of California - Davis landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree electrical engineering programs. UC Davis is a fairly large public school located in the small suburb of Davis.

Women make up 38% of the EE majors at the school.

Full Electrical Engineering at University of California - Davis Report

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 26 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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