Start Your Electrical Engineering Career
Careers in electrical engineering aren’t just about wiring and turning the power on and off.
Electrical engineers may also specialize their skills in areas like telecommunications and mobile engineering. As our world relies more and more on wireless devices and the ability to access the internet from the palm of our hands, careers in electrical and electronic engineering are becoming more important.
These are the best graduate electrical, electronic, communications engineering programs.
9 (tie). Carnegie Mellon University (PA)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
U.S. News Best Graduate Engineering rank: 5 (tie)
Learn more about Carnegie Mellon University.
9 (tie). Purdue University–West Lafayette
Location: West Lafayette, Indiana
U.S. News Best Graduate Engineering rank: 8
Learn more about Purdue University–West Lafayette.
8. University of Texas–Austin (Cockrell)
Location: Austin, Texas
U.S. News Best Graduate Engineering rank: 9 (tie)
Learn more about the Cockrell School of Engineering.
7. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan
U.S. News Best Graduate Engineering rank: 5 (tie)
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6. Georgia Institute of Technology
Location: Atlanta
U.S. News Best Graduate Engineering rank: 7
Learn more about Georgia Tech.
4 (tie). California Institute of Technology
Location: Pasadena, California
U.S. News Best Graduate Engineering rank: 4
Learn more about CalTech.
4 (tie). University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign
Location: Urbana, Illinois
U.S News Best Graduate Engineering rank: 9 (tie)
Learn more about the University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign.
3. University of California–Berkeley
Location: Berkeley, California
U.S. News Best Graduate Engineering rank: 3
Learn more about University of California–Berkeley.
2. Stanford University (CA)
Location: Stanford, California
U.S. News Best Graduate Engineering rank: 2
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1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts
U.S. News Best Graduate Engineering rank: 1
Learn more about Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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