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2023 Most Popular Electrical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

30 Colleges
$94,068 Avg Salary

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.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Electrical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 30 schools in the Southwest Region 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.

Check out the EE master's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Southwest Region .

Our 2023 rankings named Arizona State University - Tempe the most popular school in the Southwest Region for electrical engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public college with a very large student population.

Women make up 26% of the EE majors at the school.

Read full report on Electrical Engineering at Arizona State University - Tempe

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Dallas. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. UT Dallas is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Richardson.

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

Read full report on Electrical Engineering at The University of Texas at Dallas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Texas A&M College Station is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of College Station.

About 20% of the students majoring in EE at the school are women while 80% are male.

Read full report on Electrical Engineering at Texas A&M University - College Station

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means The University of Texas at Arlington is a great place for electrical engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Arlington, UT Arlington is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 31% of the students majoring in EE at the school are women while 69% are male.

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#5

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

The in-demand master’s degree programs at University of Arizona helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular electrical engineering schools in the Southwest Region . University of Arizona is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Tucson.

Women make up 15% of the EE majors at the school.

Read full report on Electrical Engineering at University of Arizona

With a ranking of #6, Southern Methodist University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for electrical engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the suburb of Dallas, SMU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 45 students majoring in EE at SMU, 69% are male and 31% are female.

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#7

University of Houston

Houston, TX

With a ranking of #7, University of Houston did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for electrical engineering students working on their master’s degree. UH is a very large public school located in the city of Houston.

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

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With a ranking of #8, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for electrical engineering students working on their master’s degree. University of Oklahoma is a very large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Norman.

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

Read full report on Electrical Engineering at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus

#9

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Texas Tech University ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 22% of the EE majors at the school.

Read full report on Electrical Engineering at Texas Tech University

University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree electrical engineering programs. Located in the large city of Albuquerque, UNM is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 12% of the EE majors at the school.

Full Electrical Engineering at University of New Mexico - Main Campus Report

Best Electrical Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best electrical engineering colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 2,384
Arizona 869
Oklahoma 256
New Mexico 150

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 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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