2023 Most Popular Electrical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region
Finding the Best Electrical Engineering Master'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.
With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 44 schools in the Southeast 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.
2023 Most Popular Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region
Check out the EE master's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Southeast Region .
Top 10 Most Popular Electrical Engineering Master's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus the most popular school in the Southeast Region for electrical engineering students working on their master’s degree. Georgia Tech is a very large public school located in the city of Atlanta.
Of the 334 students majoring in EE at Georgia Tech, 81% are male and 19% are female.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Florida. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the midsize city of Gainesville, UF is a public college with a very large student population.
About 25% of the students majoring in EE at the school are women while 75% are male.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means North Carolina State University is a great place for electrical engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Raleigh, NC State is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Of the 160 students majoring in EE at NC State, 78% are male and 22% are female.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Duke University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
Of the 85 students majoring in EE at Duke, 73% are male and 27% are female.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Florida - Main Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Tampa, USF Tampa is a public college with a very large student population.
About 28% of the students majoring in EE at the school are women while 72% are male.
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Virginia Tech landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree electrical engineering programs. Virginia Tech is a very large public school located in the small city of Blacksburg.
Women make up 19% of the EE majors at the school.
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University of Central Florida landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree electrical engineering programs. UCF is a very large public school located in the suburb of Orlando.
Women make up 24% of the EE majors at the school.
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Florida International 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 #8 on the list. FIU is a very large public school located in the suburb of Miami.
Women make up 10% of the EE majors at the school.
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University of North Carolina at Charlotte ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Charlotte, UNC Charlotte is a public school with a very large student population.
About 23% of the students majoring in EE at the school are women while 78% are male.
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With a ranking of #10, George Mason University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for electrical engineering students working on their master’s degree. GMU is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Fairfax.
About 4% of the students majoring in EE at the school are women while 96% are male.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Georgia | 838 |
| Virginia | 604 |
| North Carolina | 714 |
| Florida | 1,422 |
| Tennessee | 253 |
| Kentucky | 178 |
| South Carolina | 219 |
| Louisiana | 176 |
| Arkansas | 162 |
| Alabama | 396 |
| Mississippi | 144 |
| West Virginia | 102 |
Majors Related to EE
One of 40 majors within the area of study, electrical engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.
Majors Similar to EE
| 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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