Electrical Engineering

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Total Degrees
Awarded in 2016

33,094

growing 10%

Median In-State
Public Tuition

$7,234

growing 2.86%

Median Out-of-State
Private Tuition

$39,101

growing 4.32%

Average Wage

$109,324

growing 2.23%

People in Workforce

4.3M

growing 5.13%

Average Employee Age

43.3

declining 0.317%

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The locations with the highest concentration of Electrical Engineering degree recipients are Los Angeles, CA, Atlanta, GA, and New York, NY. The locations with a relatively high number of Electrical Engineering degree recipients are Copiague, NY, Needham, MA, and Houghton, MI. The most common degree awarded to students studying Electrical Engineering is a bachelors degree.

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Engineering

Institutions

Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Electrical Engineering and the types of students that study this field. Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus awards the most degrees in Electrical Engineering in the US, but Electrical Training Center and Franklin W Olin College of Engineering have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Electrical Engineering.

Tuition costs for Electrical Engineering majors are, on average, $7,234 for in-state public colleges, and $39,101 for out of state private colleges.

The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Electrical Engineering programs are Public, 4-year or above institutions (240 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 4-year or above (23,943 completions).

Institutions

Institution with the Most Degrees Awarded in Electrical Engineering

The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Electrical Engineering, is Public, 4-year or above (23,943 completions).

The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Electrical Engineering programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.

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Tuition Costs for Common Institutions

$7,234

Median In-State Public

$39,101

Median Out of State Private

Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus has the most Electrical Engineering degree recipients, with 791 degrees awarded in 2016.

The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Electrical Engineering.

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Specialized Colleges

Highest Concentration Institution

Out of all institutions that offer Electrical Engineering programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Electrical Training Center and Franklin W Olin College of Engineering have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Electrical Engineering, with 72.9% and 39.7%, respectively.

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Degrees Awarded by County

Counties with the Most Degrees Awarded in Electrical Engineering

This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Electrical Engineering by year.

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Growth in Awarded Degrees

Counties with the Fastest Growing Number of Degrees Awarded

This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest growth in degrees awarded for Electrical Engineering.

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Employment

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 $109,324 and the most common occupations are Miscellaneous managers, Software developers, applications & systems software, and Miscellaneous engineers, including nuclear engineers.

The industry that employs the most Engineering majors is Architectural, engineering & related services, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Video tape & disk rental.

Wages

Yearly Income for Common Jobs

The closest comparable data for the 4 Digit Course Electrical Engineering is from the 2 Digit Course Engineering.

$109,324

Average Wage in Workforce

± $1,094

2.23%

1 Year Growth

± 1.4%

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± 50,149

5.13%

1 Year Growth

± 1.59%

The number of Engineering graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 5.13%, from 4.09M in 2016 to 4.3M in 2017.

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.

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Specialty Locations

The closest comparable data for the 4 Digit Course Electrical Engineering is from the 2 Digit Course Engineering.

PUMAS with a relatively high number of Engineering majors

This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Engineering majors.

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Diversity

Demographic information on those who earn a degree in Engineering in the US. The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in Engineering is 43.3, and the most common degree type these workers hold is a Bachelors Degree. Male employees are more likely to hold Engineering degrees, and Non-resident Alien students earn the majority (14,450) of the degrees.

Workforce Age

The closest comparable data for the 4 Digit Course Electrical Engineering is from the 2 Digit Course Engineering.

43.3

Average Age in 2017

± 0.153 Years

0.317%

1 Year Change

± 0.506%

This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Engineering. The most common ages of employees with this major are 32 and 35 years old, which represent 2.8% and 2.72% of the population, respectively.

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Degrees Awarded

The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Electrical Engineering are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Research Doctorate.

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Workforce Degrees

The closest comparable data for the 4 Digit Course Electrical Engineering is from the 2 Digit Course Engineering.

The most common degree types held by the working population in Engineering are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Doctorate degree.

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Gender Imbalance for Common Institutions

Male (82.7%)

Most Common Gender with a Degree in this Field

This chart shows the granted degrees by gender at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Electrical Engineering.

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Race & Ethnicity by Degrees Awarded

Most Common Race or Ethnicity

Non-resident Alien
14,450 degrees awarded
White
10,288 degrees awarded
Asian
3,384 degrees awarded

This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Electrical Engineering for each race & ethnicity. Non-resident Alien students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.

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Race & Ethnicity by Gender

Most Common Race/Ethnicity and Gender Combination

White Male
6,988 degrees awarded
Asian Male
2,051 degrees awarded
Non-resident Alien Male
1,827 degrees awarded

This chart illustrates the differences by gender for each race & ethnicity of Bachelors Degree recipients in Electrical Engineering. White Male students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and gender.

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Global Diversity

The closest comparable data for the 4 Digit Course Electrical Engineering is from the 2 Digit Course Engineering.

Most Common Countries of Origin

India
437,422 degree recipients
China
131,128 degree recipients
Mexico
75,538 degree recipients

High Relative Number of Students

India
4.46 times more than expected
United Arab Emirates
3.83 times more than expected
Singapore
3.2 times more than expected

There are a relatively high number of people that were born in India that hold Engineering degrees (4.46 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is India (437,422 degree recipients).

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Skills

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Electrical Engineering field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Electrical Engineering majors need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Electrical Engineering majors need more than the average amount of Science, Equipment Maintenance, and Repairing.

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 Electrical 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 Science is very distinctive for majors, but the Reading Comprehension, Science, and Writing are the three most important skills for people in the field.

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