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

25 Colleges
$94,068 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Electrical Engineering Master'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 Master'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 25 schools in California to see which master'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.

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 California. 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.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - San Diego. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the city of La Jolla, UCSD is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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

Full Electrical Engineering at University of California - San Diego Report

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of California - Los Angeles is a great place for electrical engineering students working on their master’s degree. UCLA is a fairly large public school located in the 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 25 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Berkeley landed the # 4 spot on the list. UC Berkeley is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley.

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

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Stanford University

Stanford, CA

Out of the 25 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Stanford University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Stanford, Stanford is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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

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San Jose State University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in California list. San Jose State is a fairly large public school located in the city of San Jose.

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

Full Electrical Engineering at San Jose State University Report

University of California - Santa Barbara landed the #7 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 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 came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in California ranking. UC Davis is a very large public school located in the suburb of Davis.

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

Full Electrical Engineering at University of California - Davis Report

Naval Postgraduate School 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 #9 on the list. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Monterey, Naval Postgraduate School is a public school with a small student population.

Of the 52 students majoring in EE at Naval Postgraduate School, 75% are male and 25% are female.

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University of California - Riverside ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in California list. UCR is a very large public school located in the large city of Riverside.

Women make up 14% of the EE majors at the school.

Full Electrical Engineering at University of California - Riverside Report

Best Electrical Engineering Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Electrical Engineering Colleges 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 25 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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