Other Electrical, Electronics, & Communications Engineering
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Add ComparisonIn 2023, the locations with the highest concentration of Other Electrical, Electronics, & Communications Engineering degree recipients are Tucson, AZ, San Diego, CA, and Monterey, CA. N/A The most common degree awarded to students studying Other Electrical, Electronics, & Communications Engineering is a masters degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Other Electrical, Electronics, & Communications Engineering and the types of students that study this field. undefined awards the most degrees in Other Electrical, Electronics, & Communications Engineering in the US, but University of Arizona and University of California-San Diego have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Other Electrical, Electronics, & Communications Engineering.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Other Electrical, Electronics, & Communications Engineering programs are Public, 4-year or above institutions (17 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 4-year or above (368 completions).
Out of all institutions that offer Other Electrical, Electronics, & Communications Engineering programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, University of Arizona has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Other Electrical, Electronics, & Communications Engineering, with 1.68%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Other Electrical, Electronics, & Communications Engineering by year.
Information on the businesses and industries that employ Engineering graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.
The average salary for Engineering majors is $138,226 and the most common occupations are Software developers, Miscellaneous engineers, including nuclear engineers, and Civil engineers.
The industry that employs the most Engineering majors is Architectural, engineering & related services, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Internet publishing, broadcasting & web search portals.
The average salary for Engineering majors is $138,226 and the most common occupations are Software developers, Miscellaneous engineers, including nuclear engineers, and Civil engineers.
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Engineering majors.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Engineering majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Engineering majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
The most common occupations for Engineering majors, by number of employees, are Software developers, Miscellaneous engineers, including nuclear engineers, and Civil engineers.
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Engineering majors working as N/A.
The highest paid occupations by median income for Engineering majors are Surgeons, Podiatrists, and Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents.
The number of Engineering graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 3.88%, from 4.98M in 2023 to 5.17M in 2024.
The largest single share of Engineering graduates go on to work as Software developers (9.37%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Engineering by share of the total number of graduates.
The most common industries that employ Engineering majors, by number of employees, are Architectural, engineering & related services, Computer Systems Design, and Construction.
The highest paying industries of Engineering majors, by average wage, are Internet publishing, broadcasting & web search portals, Offices of physicians, and Broadcasting & content providers.
The number of Engineering graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 3.88%, from 4.98M in 2023 to 5.17M in 2024.
The industry which employs the most Engineering graduates by share is Architectural, engineering & related services, followed by Computer Systems Design. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Engineering.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Engineering majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Engineering majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Engineering in the United States.
The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in Engineering is 42.8.
The most common degree type these workers hold is a Masters Degree. Male employees are more likely to hold Engineering degrees, and Non-resident Alien students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in Engineering (176 students).
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Engineering. The most common ages of employees with this major are N/A and N/A years old, which represent N/A% and N/A% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Other Electrical, Electronics, & Communications Engineering are Masters Degree, Bachelors Degree, and Postbaccalaureate Certificate.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the N/A institutions that graduate the most students in Other Electrical, Electronics, & Communications Engineering.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Other Electrical, Electronics, & Communications Engineering for each race & ethnicity. Non-resident Alien students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of N/A recipients in Other Electrical, Electronics, & Communications Engineering.
N/A students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Other Electrical, Electronics, & Communications Engineering field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Other Electrical, Electronics, & Communications Engineering majors need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Other Electrical, Electronics, & Communications Engineering majors need more than the average amount of Repairing, Equipment Selection, and Equipment Maintenance.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Other Electrical, Electronics, & Communications Engineering majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Repairing is very distinctive for majors, but the Reading Comprehension, Writing, and Speaking are the three most important skills for people in the field.
